Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Coryphodon oweni Fossil


This fossil is part of a skull of an extinct pantodont known as Coryphodon oweni. Fossil was named by Herbert in 1856. It was found in the Meudon of Sparnacian of France. This creature existed in the Paleocene and Lower Eocene Epochs of the Paleogene Period.. It was on display in August of 2016 at the  Muséum National D'Historie Paris.