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Coryphodon flerowi

Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

Taxonomy
Coryphodon flerowi was named by Chow (1957). Its type specimen is IVPP V927, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kaojichuan, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Coryphodon flerowi Chow

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
familyCoryphodontidae
genusCoryphodon()
speciesflerowi

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 flerowi Chow 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Polymorph: yesg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparousg
Created: 2005-09-14 13:09:11
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:14:57
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen and Gingerich 1995

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Shandong) Coryphodon flerowi (type locality: 180871)