''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. 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 County, Maryland, St. Mary's Formation, Maryland, based on the holotype USNM 9352. A second species of the genus, ''C. nectus'', was named for a specimen from a Tortonian-aged formation in Portugal, 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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18205909 Cetotheriidae Miocene cetaceans Prehistoric mammals of North America Prehistoric cetacean genera Fossil taxa described in 1896 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope