Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope

species of fish

Dissacus is a genus of extinct carnivorous jackal to coyote-sized mammals within the family Mesonychidae, an early group of hoofed mammals that evolved into hunters and omnivores. Their fossils in Paleocene to Early Eocene aged strata in France, Asia and southwest North America, from 66 to 50.3 mya, existed for approximately .

species of reptile

species of reptile

The Adocidae are an extinct family of aquatic and omnivorous turtles. They are freshwater cryptodiran turtles and are mainly known from Cretaceous and Paleogene Asia and North America.

species of fish

Cemophora is a genus of harmless snakes, also known commonly as scarlet snakes, in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains two species, which are endemic to the United States.

species of reptile

species of Amphibia

species of reptile

species of fish

species of reptile

species of reptile

Meniscoessus is a genus of extinct multituberculates from the Upper Cretaceous Period that lived in North America.

species of reptile

species of fish

species of reptile

species of reptile

species of reptile

species of fish

species of reptile

Hypertragulidae is an extinct family of Paleogene ruminants endemic to North America from the Eocene until the Oligocene.

species of reptile

species of fish

species of reptile

species of fish

species of reptile

species of fish

Stratodus ("layer tooth") is a genus of giant prehistoric aulopiform fish found in Cretaceous-aged marine strata of Kansas, Alabama, Morocco, Israel, Niger, South Dakota, and Jordan. It has also been found in the Tamaguélelt Formation of Mali, dating to the Lower Eocene, indicating that Stratodus survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. This sleek fish has an upper jaw filled with multiple rows of tiny teeth and was the largest aulopiform, reaching in length.

species of reptile

species of reptile

species of fish

species of fish

species of reptile

species of reptile

species of fish

species of reptile

species of snake

species of reptile

species of reptile

species of amphibian

species of fish

species of reptile

Potamorhina is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Curimatidae, the toothless characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

Hypsirhophus (meaning "high roof"; often misspelled "Hypsirophus") is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaurs. It contains a single species, Hypsirhophus discurus, which is known only from a fragmentary specimen. The fossil consists of partial vertebrae from the back, three from the tail, and a piece of rib.

species of reptile

species of reptile

species of reptile

Catopsalis is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of North America. This animal was a relatively large member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. Most multituberculates were much smaller.

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species of reptile

species of reptile

Lystrophis is the genus of tricolored South American hognose snakes. They mimic milk snakes or coral snakes with their red, black, and white ringed patterns.

Acheloma (also known as Trematops milleri) is an extinct genus of temnospondyl that lived during the Early Permian. The type species is A. cumminsi.

species of crustacean

Mixodectidae, from Ancient Greek μιξο (mixo) "mixed", and δεκτες (dektes) "biter", is an extinct family of insectivorous placental mammals in the order Dermoptera. The mixodectids originated in the late Cretaceous and survived into the Paleocene in Europe and North America.

Enteromius is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus Barbus.

species of reptile

species of reptile

species of reptile