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Meniscoessus intermedius

Mammalia - 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
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
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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: Judithian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Meniscoessus intermedius (14421 14430)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Meniscoessus intermedius (14433)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Meniscoessus intermedius (type locality: 14476)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Meniscoessus intermedius (14464)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Meniscoessus intermedius (14436 14498)