Definition of Coryphodon. Meaning of Coryphodon. Synonyms of Coryphodon

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Definition of Coryphodon

Coryphodon
Coryphodon Co*ryph"o*don (k?-r?f"?-d?n), n. [Gr. koryfh` head, peak + ????, ???, tooth.] (Palen.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.

Meaning of Coryphodon from wikipedia

- Coryphodon (from Gr**** κορῦφὴ, "point", and ὀδοὺς, "tooth", meaning peaked tooth, referring to "the development of the angles of the ridges into points...
- constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 Bascanion constrictorBaird & Girard, 1853 Coryphodon constrictor — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1854 Zamenis constrictor — Boulenger...
- The pantodonts appear in North America in the middle Paleocene, where Coryphodon survived into the middle Eocene. Pantodont teeth have been found in South...
- Vingt-quatrième livraison. Baillière. Paris. Index + Plates I.–VI. ("Coryphodon Blumenbachi, Merr.", Plate III., Figures 2–4.) Lazell, J.D. 1998. Morphology...
- Ophidiens: Vingt-quatrième livraison. Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I–VI (Coryphodon dhumnades [Jan non Cantor], Plate IV, Figure 1). Lazell JD, Keirans JE...
- Vingt-quatrième livraison. Baillière. Paris. Index + Plates I.- VI. (Coryphodon korros, Plate IV., Figure 2.) Lazell, J.D. 1998. Morphology and the status...
- seems to have been replaced in its ecosystem by other pantodonts, such as Coryphodon. In life, Barylambda probably resembled a large ground sloth, with a small...
- (Baird & Girard, 1853) Synonyms Bascanion foxii Baird & Girard, 1853 Coryphodon constrictor – Duméril & Bibron, 1854 Zamenis constrictor – Boulenger,...
- scientists by the mid-19th century. Major finds in the state include Coryphodon, a mummy of the ground sloth Nothrotherium, Tri****ic Coelophysis bonebeds...
- Paleocene to the Middle Eocene of Eurasia and North America. The type genus Coryphodon is known from around the Paleocene-Eocene transition in Europe, western...