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Meniscoessus robustus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Dipriodon robustus was named by Marsh (1889) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 11234, a tooth (right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 2 (UCMP V-5815), which is in a Lancian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Meniscoessus robustus by Osborn (1893), Hay (1902), Simpson (1929), Simpson (1936), Wood and Ormsbee (1954), Clemens (1964), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979), Archibald (1982), Storer (1991), Lofgren (1995), Hunter (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Wilson et al. (2010) and Donohue et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Dipriodon lunatus Marsh
1889Dipriodon robustus Marsh
1889Halodon sculptus Marsh
1889Oracodon anceps Marsh
1889Selenacodon fragilis Marsh
1889Tripriodon coelatus Marsh
1889Dipriodon lunatus Marsh p. 85 figs. pl 2, figs16-18
1889Dipriodon robustus Marsh p. 85
1889Selenacodon fragilis Marsh p. 86 figs. pl. 2, figs 22-24
1889Tripriodon coelatus Marsh p. 86 figs. pl 2, figs 19-21
1889Halodon sculptus Marsh p. 87 figs. pl. 3, figs 11-13
1889Oracodon anceps Marsh p. 178 figs. pl. 8, figs 13-16
1892Oracodon conulus Marsh p. 256
1893Meniscoessus robustus Osborn
1897Oracodon anceps Marsh p. 521
1902Meniscoessus coelatus Hay p. 561
1902Meniscoessus fragilis Hay p. 561
1902Meniscoessus lunatus Hay p. 561
1902Meniscoessus robustus Hay p. 561
1902Meniscoessus sculptus Hay p. 561
1902Oracodon anceps Hay p. 561
1902Oracodon conulus Hay p. 562
1927Meniscoessus borealis Simpson
1929Meniscoessus borealis Simpson p. 102
1929Meniscoessus robustus Simpson pp. 102-103
1930Oracodon anceps Hay p. 381
1930Oracodon conulus Hay p. 381
1930Meniscoessus borealis Hay p. 382
1930Meniscoessus coelatus Hay p. 382
1930Meniscoessus fragilis Hay p. 382
1930Meniscoessus sculptus Hay p. 383
1930Dipriodon lunatus Hay p. 384
1930Dipriodon robustus Hay p. 384
1936Meniscoessus robustus Simpson
1954Meniscoessus robustus Wood and Ormsbee p. 26
1964Meniscoessus robustus Clemens
1979Meniscoessus robustus Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
1982Meniscoessus robustus Archibald
1987Meniscoessus greeni Wilson
1991Meniscoessus robustus Storer
1995Meniscoessus robustus Lofgren
1997Meniscoessus robustus Hunter
2004Meniscoessus borealis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328
2004Meniscoessus robustus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328
2010Meniscoessus robustus Wilson et al. p. 507
2013Meniscoessus robustus Donohue et al. p. 684 figs. 6A-B

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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
speciesrobustus()

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 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]
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: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lancian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Meniscoessus robustus (55353)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Meniscoessus robustus (14502)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Dipriodon lunatus, Dipriodon robustus, Halodon sculptus, Meniscoessus robustus, Selenacodon fragilis, Tripriodon coelatus (14565) Dipriodon lunatus, Halodon sculptus (14567) Dipriodon lunatus, Halodon sculptus, Meniscoessus robustus, Oracodon anceps, Selenacodon fragilis (14591) Dipriodon robustus (type locality: 14566 14587) Halodon sculptus (14511 14586) Halodon sculptus, Meniscoessus robustus (14588) Meniscoessus robustus (14505 14514 14519 14524 14527 14538 14561 14577 14596 14598 14606 14625 14626 14641 14642 14644 14656 45844) Meniscoessus robustus, Oracodon anceps (14589 14590 14592)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Meniscoessus robustus (14610 14620 14621)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Meniscoessus borealis (14515 14517 14562 14576 14594 14595) Meniscoessus robustus (14506 14516 14523 14525 14534 14546 14549 14550 14552 14553 14554 14559 14568 14572 14575 14580 14583 14597 14608 14611 14616 14618 14623 14624 14629 14639 14645 14646 14647 14649 14650 14651 14652 14653 14654 172642 172644) Meniscoessus sp. (14532)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Meniscoessus robustus (14551 14558 14584 14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Meniscoessus robustus (14537 14604) Meniscoessus sp. (14612) Moeniscoessus robustus (14571)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Meniscoessus robustus (96083)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Meniscoessus robustus (45099 45102 45111 45124 45128 45130)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Meniscoessus borealis (119007) Meniscoessus robustus (55326 183109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Meniscoessus robustus (14585)