Mammal
Coryphodon
It ate plants and had a low, sturdy body and large canine teeth.
Coryphodon was a large plant-eating browser with a low, sturdy body.
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Coryphodon at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Paleogene
- Group
- Pantodonta
- Pantodonts
- Fossil locations
- Mongolia, China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Coryphodon
It belonged to one of the first groups of large browsing mammals. Numerous North American specimens and other records in Europe and Asia are known.
It was a plant eater with a low, sturdy body and large canine teeth. Those canines do not contradict its diet. Researchers need to interpret the teeth together rather than let one striking tooth suggest the wrong menu.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was a plant eater with a low, sturdy body and large canine teeth. Those canines do not contradict its diet. Researchers need to interpret the teeth together rather than let one striking tooth suggest the wrong menu.
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- Coryphodon
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- Coryphodon
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- Pantodonta
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- Mammals with debated relationships
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