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Coryphodon flerowi

Osteichthyes - Coryphodontidae

Taxonomy
Coryphodon flerowi was named by Chow (1957). Its type specimen is IVPP V927, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kaojichuan, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Coryphodon flerowi Chow

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
familyCoryphodontidae
genusCoryphodon()
speciesflerowi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Coryphodon flerowi Chow 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Polymorph: yesg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparousg
Created: 2005-09-14 13:09:11
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:14:57
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen and Gingerich 1995, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Shandong) Coryphodon flerowi (type locality: 180871)