Coryphodon elephantopus (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, lower jaw, T, left premaxilla, T

Stratigraphy

/ San Jose Fm

Collection Date

24 Oct 1874

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, H. F. 1898. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 10 : 197, 199,206-207.

Matthew, W. D. 1899. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 12 : 33.

Earle. 1892. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 4 (n.1): 160-161.

Type Status

holotype

Place

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

Published Name

Coryphodon elephantopus (Cope)

Coryphodon (Metalophodon) armatus (Cope)

Coryphodon elephantopus (Cope)

Coryphodon latidens (Cope)

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Paleogeneral

Types: Mammals Terrestrial

Mammalia Primary Type

Paleobiology

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Pantodonta Coryphodontidae

Data Source

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

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

Record ID

nmnhpaleobiology_3428119