Meniscotherium priscum Granger 1915 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae

Full reference: W. Granger. 1915. A Revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River Faunas. Part III - Order Condylarthra. Families Phenacodontidae and Meniscotheriidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(10):329-361

Belongs to Meniscotherium according to J. G. M. Thewissen 1990

See also Gingerich 1982, Granger 1915, Novacek et al. 1991, Rose 1981, Van Valen 1978 and Williamson and Lucas 1992

Sister taxa: Meniscotherium chamense, Meniscotherium tapiacitum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at SC-434 Gar Scale Bed (Eocene of Wyoming)

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