Borealodon
Temporal range: Oligocene
~(Rupelian,
~30–28 Ma
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Type species
Borealodon osedax
Shipps et al., 2019

Borealodon (meaning "northern tooth") is a genus of toothed (transitional) baleen whales from the Early Oligocene Pysht Formation of Washington State.

Phylogeny

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A cladistic analysis of Borealodon recovers it as more derived than Coronodon but more primitive than Aetiocetidae. [1]

References

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  1. ^ Shipps, B. K.; Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; Pyenson, Nicholas D. (24 July 2019). "Borealodon osedax, a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (7): 182168. Bibcode:2019RSOS....682168S. doi:10.1098/rsos.182168. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6689636. PMID 31417706.