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Meniscoessus intermedius

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Meniscoessus intermedius was named by Fox (1976). Its type specimen is UA 12081, a mandible (right mandible with m1-2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is North of Medicine Hat, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Meniscoessus intermedius Fox
1979Meniscoessus intermedius Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
1986Meniscoessus intermedius Lillegraven and McKenna p. 22
2004Meniscoessus intermedius Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciesintermedius

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.

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Diagnosis
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