Coronodon Geisler et al. 2017 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Coronodonidae

Full reference: J. H. Geisler, R. W. Boessenecker, M. Brown and B. L. Beatty. 2017. The Origin of Filter Feeding in Whales. Current Biology 27:1-7

Parent taxon: Coronodonidae according to R. W. Boessenecker et al. 2023

See also Geisler et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Coronodon havensteini Coronodon newtonorum Coronodon planifrons

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Type: Coronodon havensteini

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (7: South Carolina collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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