Mammalia - Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Synonyms: Bathmodon Cope 1872, Ectacodon Cope 1882, Loxolophodon Cope 1872, Manteodon Cope 1882, Metalophodon Cope 1872
Full reference: R. Owen. 1845. Odontography; or, a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of the Teeth; Their Physiological Relations, Mode of Development, and Microscopic Structure, in the Vertebrate Animals. Part III. Dental System of Mammals 296-655
Parent taxon: Coryphodontidae according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1872, Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Cope 1882, Earle 1892, Gazin 1962, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873, Lucas 1984, Lucas 1998, Osborn 1930, Simpson 1948, Simpson 1951, Simpson 1981, Uhen and Gingerich 1995 and Wheeler 1961
Sister taxa: Asiocoryphodon, Eudinoceras, Heterocoryphodon, Hypercoryphodon, Wutucoryphodon
Subtaxa: Bathmodon brevipes Bathmodon latipes Bathmodon semicinctus Loxolophodon speirianum Manteodon youngi
Type: Coryphodon eocaenus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (3), France (1), 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)
Total: 468 collections including 489 occurrences
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