Calamodon arcamoenus Cope

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Object Details

Collector

Dr. Edward D. Cope

Geologic Age

Cenozoic / Paleogene / Eocene / Wasatchian

Record Last Modified

4 Aug 2025

Skeletal Morphology

Skull elements, partial lower jaw, T-AA

Stratigraphy

/ San Jose Fm

Collection Date

1874

USNM Number

V1017

Type Citation

Cope. 1877. U.S.Geogr.Surveys West Of 100th Meridian Rept. pl.42,f.1-3.

Cope. 1874. U.S.Chief Of Engineers Ann.Rept., Appendix Ff. 117-118.

Cope. 1875. Geogr.Explor.Surveys W.100th Meridian Rept. 24.

Cope. 1875. Ann.Rept.Chief Engineers, Appendix. 95.

Matthew, W. D. 1899. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 12 : 32.

Type Status

holotype

Place

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

Published Name

Calamodon arcamoenus Cope

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Paleogeneral

Types: Mammals Terrestrial

Mammalia Primary Type

Paleobiology

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Cimolesta Taeniodonta Stylinodontidae

Data Source

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30d5ad16d-71bb-4bd7-8a53-4f81117d618c

Record ID

nmnhpaleobiology_3427699