Mammalia - Cetacea - Coronodonidae
Full reference: R. W. Boessenecker, B. L. Beatty, and J. H. Geisler. 2023. New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti. PeerJ 11:e14795
Parent taxon: Mysticeti according to R. W. Boessenecker et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Aetiocetidae, Aetiocetoidea, Amphitera, Aulocetus calaritanus, Aulocetus lovisati, Balaena cortesii, Balaena simpsoni, Borealodon, Burtinopsis, Cetotheriomorphus, Chaeomysticeti, Crenaticeti, Eschrichtioidea, Eschrichtius expansus, Eschrichtius leptocentrus, Eschrichtius pusillus, Horopeta, Kinetomenta, Llanocetidae, Maiabalaena, Mammalodontidae, Mauicetus brevicollis, Mesoteras, Mesoteras kerrianus, Metasqualodon, Mioceta, Mystacodontidae, Plesiocetus, Probalaena, Pterobalaenidae, Rhegnopsis, Siphonocetus, Squalodon serratus, Toipahautea, Tretulias, Tretulias buccatus, Ulias, Whakakai
Subtaxa: Coronodon
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (8: South Carolina collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence