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Meniscoessus ferox
Taxonomy
Meniscoessus ferox was named by Fox (1971) [limited to type by Clemens 1964, and status questioned by Hunter and Pearson 1996]. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-8), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Meniscoessus ferox Fox |
| 1979 | Meniscoessus ferox Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102 |
| 2004 | Meniscoessus ferox Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328 |
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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 ferox Fox 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Meniscoessus ferox (type locality: 14426) |