Mammalia - Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Synonym: Bathmodontidae Cope 1873
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1876. On some characters of the genus Coryphodon Owen. American Journal of Science 3:425-428
Parent taxon: Pantodonta according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
See also Carroll 1988, de Muizon and Marshall 1992, Flerow 1957, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson 1939, Simons 1960 and Uhen and Gingerich 1995
Sister taxa: Alcidedorbignyidae, Archaeolambdidae, Barylambdidae, Bemalambdidae, Coryphodontoidea, Crustulus, Harpyodidae, Huananius, Pantolambdidae, Pantolambdoidea, Plethorodontidae, Wangliidae
Subtaxa: Asiocoryphodon Coryphodon Eudinoceras Heterocoryphodon Hypercoryphodon Wutucoryphodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (30), France (1), India (3), Japan (3), Mongolia (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (398: Alabama, Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (57: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (1)
Total: 504 collections including 530 occurrences