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Meniscoessus
Taxonomy
Meniscoessus was named by Cope (1882). Its type is Meniscoessus conquistus.
It was assigned to Stegosauria by Marsh (1892); to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); to Ptilodontidae by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930) and Wood and Ormsbee (1954); to Taeniolabididae by Cope (1882) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cimolomyidae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986), Lillegraven (1987), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Wilson et al. (2010) and Donohue et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Stegosauria by Marsh (1892); to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); to Ptilodontidae by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930) and Wood and Ormsbee (1954); to Taeniolabididae by Cope (1882) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cimolomyidae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986), Lillegraven (1987), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Wilson et al. (2010) and Donohue et al. (2013).
Synonyms
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1882 | Meniscoessus Cope |
| 1889 | Dipriodon Marsh |
| 1889 | Halodon Marsh |
| 1889 | Oracodon Marsh |
| 1889 | Selenacodon Marsh |
| 1889 | Dipriodon Marsh p. 85 |
| 1889 | Selenacodon Marsh p. 86 |
| 1889 | Halodon Marsh p. 87 |
| 1889 | Oracodon Marsh p. 178 |
| 1892 | Meniscoessus Marsh |
| 1902 | Meniscoessus Hay p. 560 |
| 1902 | Oracodon Hay p. 561 |
| 1927 | Meniscoessus Simpson p. 3 |
| 1929 | Meniscoessus Simpson pp. 101-107 |
| 1930 | Oracodon Hay p. 381 |
| 1930 | Meniscoessus Hay p. 382 |
| 1930 | Dipriodon Hay p. 384 |
| 1954 | Meniscoessus Wood and Ormsbee p. 26 |
| 1965 | Meniscoessus Sloan and Van Valen p. 222 |
| 1979 | Meniscoessus Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102 |
| 1986 | Meniscoessus Lillegraven and McKenna p. 22 |
| 1987 | Meniscoessus Lillegraven |
| 1997 | Meniscoessus McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Meniscoessus Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 419 |
| 2004 | Meniscoessus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328 fig. 8.41B |
| 2010 | Meniscoessus Wilson et al. p. 507 |
| 2013 | Meniscoessus Donohue et al. p. 684 |
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G. †Meniscoessus Cope 1882
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†Meniscoessus collomensis Lillegraven 1987
†Meniscoessus conquistus Cope 1882
†Meniscoessus ferox Fox 1971
†Meniscoessus intermedius Fox 1976
†Meniscoessus major Russell 1936
†Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Dipriodon lunatus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Halodon sculptus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Meniscoessus borealis Simpson 1927 [synonym], Meniscoessus greeni Wilson 1987 [synonym], Oracodon anceps Marsh 1889 [synonym], Oracodon conulus Marsh 1892 [synonym], Selenacodon fragilis Marsh 1889 [synonym], Tripriodon coelatus Marsh 1889 [synonym]
†Meniscoessus seminoensis Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
Invalid names: Dipriodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Halodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Oracodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Selenacodon Marsh 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available