Coryphodon (from Greek κορῦφὴ, `point`, and ὀδοὺς, `tooth`, meaning peaked tooth, referring to `the development of the angles of the ridges into points [on the molars].`) is an extinct genus of mammal. Coryphodon was a pantodont, a member of the world`s first group of large browsing mammals. It migrated across what is now nor...
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• (n.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.
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genus of extinct primitive hoofed mammals known from Late Paleocene and Early Eocene deposits (those that date from about 63.5 to 52 million years ...
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Co·ryph'o·don noun [ Greek
koryfh` head, peak + ............, ........., tooth.]
(Palen.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plan...
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a primitive hoofed mammal of the extinct genus Coryphodon, of the early Eocene Epoch, having a long, thickset body, short legs, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
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