Definitions for coryphodon
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1. 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 extinct genus of pantodonts of the family Coryphodontidae. 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, replacing Barylambda, an earlier pantodont. It is regarded as the ancestor of the genus Hypercoryphodon of Late Eocene Mongolia. 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 who differs from other members of the family in dental characteristics.

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1. Coryphodonnoun

   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

2. Etymology: [Gr. koryfh` head, peak + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.]

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1. Coryphodon

   Coryphodon is an extinct genus of mammal. It was widespread in North America between 59 and 51 million years ago. It is regarded as the ancestor of the genus Hypercoryphodon of Mid Eocene Mongolia. 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, replacing Barylambda, an earlier pantodont. At about 1 metre at shoulder height and 2.25 metres in body length, Coryphodon was the biggest known mammal of its time. It had a semi-aquatic lifestyle, likely living in swamps and marshes like a hippopotamus, although it was not closely related to modern hippos or any other animal known today. Fossils found on Ellesmere Island, near Greenland, show that Coryphodon once lived there in warm swamp forests of huge trees, similar to the modern cypress swamps of the American South. Though the climate of the Eocene was much warmer than today, plants and animals living north of the Arctic Circle still experienced months of complete darkness and 24-hour summer days. Chemical studies of fossil bone show that in the summer, Coryphodon ate flowers, leaves, and swamp plants. In the winter dark, they survived on pine needles, dead leaves, and fungi. This flexible diet allowed the species to spread widely across the Eocene world.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coryphodon in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of coryphodon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coryphodon
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coryphodon
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=coryphodon