Coryphodon

Coryphodon Temporal range: Late Paleocene - Middle Eocene, 57–46 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of Coryphodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Pantodonta
Family:	†Coryphodontidae
Genus:	†Coryphodon Owen 1845
Type species
†Coryphodon eocaenus Owen 1845
Synonyms
Bathmodon Ectacodon Letalophodon? Loxolophodon? Manteodon Metalophodon

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].")^[1] 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.^[2]