Coronodon havensteini 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

Belongs to Coronodon according to R. W. Boessenecker et al. 2023

See also Geisler et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Coronodon newtonorum, Coronodon planifrons

Type specimen: CCNHM 108, a partial skull. Its type locality is Wando River + Highway 41 bridge, which is in a Rupelian coastal horizon in the Ashley Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (4: South Carolina collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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