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Coronodon fue un misticeto, es decir, miembro del grupo de las ballenas con barbas, pero al contrario que sus parientes modernos tenía dientes, cuya forma al parecer le servia tanto para cazar presas grandes, como para filtrar pequeños peces y crustáceos, algo así como la foca leopardo moderna, que lo mismo devora pinguinos y a otras focas o filtra krill. Vivio hace 30 millones de años y era de gran tamaño, con un cráneo estimado en casi un metro de longitud. 

Coronodon was a mysticete, that is, a baleen whale, but instead it had teeth, unlike its modern relatives. The shape of the teeth suggest it could hunt large prey and sieve smaller animals all the same, pretty much like today's leopard seal that eats penguins and other seals, but filters krill as well. It lived 30 million years ago and was pretty large, with a skull almost one meter long.
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DarthGojira's avatar

I had completely forgotten this genus until the new species was described last month. I knew those teeth look familiar and the leopard seal is exactly where I've seen them before! The term leopard whale is great, and I love how you gave it the same coloration.