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Coryphodon eocaenus
Taxonomy
Coryphodon eocaenus was named by Owen (1846) [genotype; also said to be 1845]. Its type specimen is NHMUK 27848, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Between Harwich and St Osyth’s, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Harwich Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Coryphodon.
It was recombined as Lophiodon eocaenum by Blainville (1846).
It was recombined as Lophiodon eocaenum by Blainville (1846).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1846 | Coryphodon anthracoideus Blainville |
1846 | Lophiodon eocaenum Blainville |
1846 | Coryphodon eocaenus Owen |
1877 | Coryphodon eocaenus Cope |
1882 | Coryphodon marginatus Cope p. 174 |
1902 | Coryphodon eocaenus Hay p. 697 |
1902 | Coryphodon marginatus Hay p. 699 |
1960 | Coryphodon eocaenus Simons p. 11 |
1984 | Coryphodon eocaenus Lucas |
1995 | Coryphodon eocaenus Uhen and Gingerich |
1995 | Coryphodon anthracoideus Uhen and Gingerich p. 266 |
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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 eocaenus Owen 1846
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Invalid names: Coryphodon anthracoideus Blainville 1846 [synonym], Coryphodon marginatus Cope 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available