†subfamily Meniscotheriinae Cope 1882 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae

Alternative spelling: Meniscotheriidae

Parent taxon: Phenacodontidae according to T. J. D. Halliday et al. 2017

See also Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911 and López-Martínez and Peláez-Campomanes 1999

Sister taxa: Almogaver, Copecion, Eodesmatodon, Lophocion, Phenacodus, Tetraclaenodon

Subtaxa: Ectocion Meniscotherium

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Type: Meniscotherium

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (203: California, Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Canada (12: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (236: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 453 collections including 463 occurrences

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