Public art & sculpture · London
Coryphodon
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Coryphodon — a public art in england-london, United Kingdom.
Marathon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Abbey Wood · 0.8 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
Coryphodon is located in Bexley, London, with the postcode SE2 0AX. The nearest railway station is Abbey Wood, which is 0.8 km away. Entry to the site is free.
About
Coryphodon is a public art located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
Photo gallery
Official information
Lesnes Abbey features a fossil pit that dates back to the Eocene era, offering visitors the chance to hunt for fossils. Guided groups can explore the site, using provided equipment to identify and collect various fossil finds.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Abbey Wood SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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 (being among the largest of fauna in Wasatch Formation), 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 which differs from other members of the family in dental characteristics.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
]] At about 1 m at shoulder height and 2.5 m in body length, Coryphodon is one of the largest-known mammals of its time. The creature was very slow, with long upper limbs and short lower limbs, which were needed to support its weight. Coryphodon does not seem to have been in need of much in the way of defences, however, since most known predators of the time seem to have been much smaller than Coryphodon. Coryphodon had one of the smallest brain/body ratios of any mammal, living or extinct, possessing a brain weighing just 90 g and a body weight of around 500 kg. The dentition of Coryphodon is similar to those of basal ungulates, the dental formula being . Coryphodon bore tusks derived from…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4874, 0.1308
- District
- Bexley
- Parish
- Bexley, unparished area
- Postcode
- SE2 0AX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Nearest railway station
- Abbey Wood — 0.8 km
- Official site
- www.lesnesabbeywoods.org
Sources
- osm: node/12424512703 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Coryphodon (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Coryphodon?
- Coryphodon is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SE2 0AX), in the parish of Bexley, unparished area.
- What is Coryphodon?
- Coryphodon — a public art in england-london, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Coryphodon?
- The nearest railway station is Abbey Wood, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode SE2 0AX.
- Is Coryphodon a protected site?
- Yes — Coryphodon is part of the Abbey Wood SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Coryphodon free to visit?
- Yes, Coryphodon is free to enter.
- How do I get to Coryphodon?
- The nearest railway station is Abbey Wood, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SE2 0AX.