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Meniscoessus collomensis

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Meniscoessus collomensis was named by Lillegraven (1987) [status questioned by Hunter and Pearson 1996]. Its type locality is Jubb Creek, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial-deltaic mudstone/sandstone in the Williams Fork Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Meniscoessus collomensis Lillegraven

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyCimolomyidae
genusMeniscoessus
speciescollomensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Meniscoessus collomensis Lillegraven 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available