Coronodon

Coronodon
Temporal range: Oligocene
~(Rupelian-Chattian),
~
Coronodon anterolateral at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Mysticeti
Genus: †Coronodon
Geisler et al., 2017
Type species
Coronodon havensteini
Geisler et al., 2017
Other species
  • †C. newtonorum Boessenecker et al., 2023
  • †C. planifrons Boessenecker et al., 2023

Coronodon (meaning "crown tooth") is a genus of toothed (transitional) baleen whales from the Early Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge formations of South Carolina. The genus contains three species: the type species C. havensteini, and additional species C. newtonorum and C. planifrons.

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