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1.45" Fossil Eocene Coryphodon Mammal Tooth - Wyoming
This is a 1.45" wide tooth of Coryphodon, a Pantodont mammal from the Early Eocene. It was collected from the Willwood Formation in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
About Coryphodon
Coryphodon was a large, semi-aquatic mammal that lived during the Paleocene and Early Eocene epochs, approximately 57 to 3846million years ago. It belonged to a group of primitive herbivorous mammals called pantodonts and was one of the earliest large land mammals to appear after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
An artists reconstruction of Coryphodon
Coryphodon was roughly the size of a modern tapir, reaching up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) in length and weighing around half a ton. It had a robust, heavy-built body with short, sturdy legs, and a relatively small brain for its size. Its broad, flat teeth suggest it was a browser, feeding on soft vegetation such as leaves and aquatic plants. Fossil evidence indicates it likely spent much of its time in swampy environments, much like modern hippos. Although it lacked the specialized adaptations of later large herbivores, Coryphodon played an important role in the ecosystems of the early Cenozoic.
Coryphodon was a large, semi-aquatic mammal that lived during the Paleocene and Early Eocene epochs, approximately 57 to 3846million years ago. It belonged to a group of primitive herbivorous mammals called pantodonts and was one of the earliest large land mammals to appear after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
An artists reconstruction of Coryphodon
Coryphodon was roughly the size of a modern tapir, reaching up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) in length and weighing around half a ton. It had a robust, heavy-built body with short, sturdy legs, and a relatively small brain for its size. Its broad, flat teeth suggest it was a browser, feeding on soft vegetation such as leaves and aquatic plants. Fossil evidence indicates it likely spent much of its time in swampy environments, much like modern hippos. Although it lacked the specialized adaptations of later large herbivores, Coryphodon played an important role in the ecosystems of the early Cenozoic.
$65
SPECIES
Coryphodon sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Big Horn County, Wyoming
FORMATION
Willwood Formation
SIZE
1.45" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#316506
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