Topic summary
Coryphodon
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 extinctgenus of pantodonts of the familyCoryphodontidae.
Coryphodon was a pantodont, a member of the world's first group of large browsing mammals. It migrated across what is now northern North America (being among the largest of fauna in Wasatch Formation), replacing Barylambda, an earlier pantodont. It is regarded as the ancestor of the genus Hypercoryphodon of Late EoceneMongolia.
Coryphodon is known from many specimens in North America and considerably fewer in Europe, Mongolia, and China. It is a small to medium-sized coryphodontid which differs from other members of the family in dental characteristics.