Coryphodon pisuqti Dawson 2012 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae

Full reference: M. R. Dawson. 2012. Coryphodon, the northernmost Holarctic Paleogene pantodont (Mammalia), and its global wanderings. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131:11-22

Belongs to Coryphodon according to M. R. Dawson 2012

Sister taxa: Bathmodon latipes, Bathmodon semicinctus, Bathmodon brevipes, Manteodon youngi, Loxolophodon speirianum

Type specimen: CMN 32420, an other (associated upper and lower teeth found in four large concretions). Its type locality is Ellesmere Island (Lower), which is in a Wasatchian deltaic horizon in the Margaret Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ellesmere Island (Lower)

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