Cephalotropis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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| name = Cephalotropis
| fossil_range = Miocene, {{fossil range|10|9}}
| image = Cephalotropis coronatus skull.jpg
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| taxon = Cephalotropis
| authority = Cope, 1896
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = †C. coronatus Cope, 1896 (type)
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Cephalotropis is a genus of baleen whale belonging to the extinct family Cetotheriidae. Its type species is Cephalotropis coronatus.
Description
Cephalotropis is diagnosed by the following features: a long sagittal crest, a more anteriorly produced angle of the supraoccipital angle, among other features.Case, E. C., 1904. Systematic Paleontology, Miocene, Mammalia, in Clark, W. B., Shattuck, G. B., and Dall, W. H., The Miocene There is insufficient information to determine how big Cephalotropis was, but it probably grew to about 16–20 feet long.
Taxonomy
Cephalotropis coronatus was originally described from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) St. Mary's Formation of St. Mary's Formation, Maryland, based on the holotype USNM 9352.E. D. Cope. 1896. Sixth contribution to the knowledge of the marine Miocene fauna of North America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 35(150):139-146 A second species of the genus, C. nectus, was named for a specimen from a Tortonian-aged formation in Portugal,R. Kellogg. 1940. On the cetotheres figured by Vandelli. Boletime do Labrotorio Mineralogico e Geologico da Universidade de Lisboa 3(7-8):13-23 but is now considered a junior synonym of C. coronatus.P. Mocho and L. Povons. 2010. Contribucao para revisao sistematica de um cranio de Cephalotropis Cope, 1896 (Cetacea: Cetotheriidae) do Miocenico superior (Tortoniano inferior) da Adica (Sesimbra, Portugal). Jornadas de la Sociedad Espanola do Paleontologia Lisboa, Portugal 26:180-183
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Category:Prehistoric mammals of North America
Category:Prehistoric cetacean genera