In Depth Diorocetus was first named from fossils recovered from the United States by R. Kellog in 1968, establishing the type species Diorocetus hiatus. Then in 2003 and 2008 respectively two new species, Diorocetus chichibuensis and Diorocetus shobarensis were named from fossils discovered in Japan. Out of these D. shobarensis seems to be the earliest … Read more
In Depth Llanocetus is by far one of the most primitive baleen whales so far discovered, so primitive it was that Llanocetus didn’t actually have baleen. Granted this sounds like a paradox, but Llanocetus has been identified as a baleen whale upon the basis of the shape and form the skull. But the teeth to … Read more
In Depth At the time of the genus description Coronodon caused a lot of excitement, as this genus represent one of the oldest baleen whales in the fossil record. Baleen whales, also known as mystecetids, certainly had ancestors that were active predators of other sea creatures. The teeth of Coronodon are shaped in such a … Read more