Coryphodon elephantopus (Cope): A: Jaw Fragment

Object Details

Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene - Wasatchian
Record Last Modified: 17 Oct 2024
Skeletal Morphology: Skull elements, lower jaw, T, left premaxilla, T
Stratigraphy: San Jose Fm

Collection Date: 24 Oct 1874

Collector: Dr. Edward D. Cope

Place: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America

See more items in: Paleogeneral; Types: Mammals Terrestrial; Mammalia Primary Type; Paleobiology

Published Name: Coryphodon elephantopus (Cope); Coryphodon (Metalophodon) armatus (Cope); Coryphodon elephantopus (Cope); Coryphodon latidens (Cope)

Data Source: NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

USNM Number: V2614

Type Citation: Cope. 1875. Geogr.Explor.Surveys W.100th Meridian Rept. 29-30.; Cope. 1875. Ann.Rept.Chief Engineers, Appendix. 95.; Cope. 1877. U.S.Geogr.Surveys West Of 100th Meridian Rept. pl.48-49.; Cope. 1884. Am.Naturalist. 18 1200, 1201,tf.22,.; Cope. 1888. Am.Philos.Soc.Proc. 25 86, tf.4.; Osborn. 1898. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 10 197, 199,206-207.; Matthew. 1899. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 12 33.; Earle. 1892. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 4 (n.1): 160-161.
Type Status: holotype

Taxonomy: Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Pantodonta Coryphodontidae

Record ID: nmnhpaleobiology_3428119

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/360acb9b8-c15b-42bd-b32b-48eec62538de

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