New paper: new fossils of the toothed baleen whale Coronodon, Oligocene, South Carolina, including two new species

[Boesse]

Hey all,

 

I've been off the forum for a couple weeks owing to a very hectic schedule including some research deadlines, lots of outreach events, and final exams (which just finished for me yesterday). One of the things that happened recently is the publication of our new paper (monograph, really) on the toothed baleen whale Coronodon from the Oligocene of South Carolina. We report a bunch of new specimens including juveniles and an old adult of Coronodon havensteini (the species we first named in 2017) and two new species from the Chandler Bridge Formation - Coronodon planifrons and Coronodon newtonorum. Virtually all of these specimens were found by amateur fossil collectors and donated for study!

 

You can read the paper here for FREE: https://peerj.com/articles/14795/

 

BUT - it is 150 pages long, so I also wrote the 'clif notes' version on my blog.

 

Blog post #1: new specimens of Coronodon havensteini, and a background to our research: https://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/04/new-fossils-of-coronodon-1-new.html

 

Blog post #2: new species of Coronodon: https://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/04/new-fossils-of-coronodon-2-two-new.html

 

EDIT: I've just written Blog post #3, broader implications of Coronodon: https://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/05/new-fossils-of-coronodon-3-implications.html

 

 

Edited May 1, 2023 by Boesse

[Joseph Fossil]

@Boesse This is awesome dude! I consider your scientific papers and research to be some of the best of the best in terms of accuracy, thoroughness, and in depth analysis of Cenozoic marine life!!

[JohnJ]

Extremely informative!  Thanks for sharing this, Bobby.

[Shellseeker]

Thanks,  Bobby... for all you do...  I downloaded the Hi_res PDF ...  Great, Great photos and Pictures.....I knew it would be worth it before I read it....

[FossilNerd]

Very cool Bobby! Thanks for sharing with us! 

[mamlambo]

This is so awesome!! Those teeth are sooo pretty - I'll read your blog tonight. Thanks for sharing!