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Coryphodon, a genus of primitive hoofed mammals known from Late Paleocene and Early Eocene deposits. Restoration painting by Charles R. Knight, 1898. seafloor spreading geologic time Paleogene Period in geologic time
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Coryphodon, a genus of primitive hoofed mammals known from Late Paleocene and Early Eocene deposits. Restoration painting by Charles R. Knight, 1898.
seafloor spreading
geologic time
Paleogene Period in geologic time
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