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Meniscoessus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Meniscoessus Cope
1889Dipriodon Marsh
1889Halodon Marsh
1889Oracodon Marsh
1889Selenacodon Marsh
1889Dipriodon Marsh p. 85
1889Selenacodon Marsh p. 86
1889Halodon Marsh p. 87
1889Oracodon Marsh p. 178
1892Meniscoessus Marsh
1902Meniscoessus Hay p. 560
1902Oracodon Hay p. 561
1927Meniscoessus Simpson p. 3
1929Meniscoessus Simpson pp. 101-107
1930Oracodon Hay p. 381
1930Meniscoessus Hay p. 382
1930Dipriodon Hay p. 384
1954Meniscoessus Wood and Ormsbee p. 26
1965Meniscoessus Sloan and Van Valen p. 222
1979Meniscoessus Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
1986Meniscoessus Lillegraven and McKenna p. 22
1987Meniscoessus Lillegraven
1997Meniscoessus McKenna and Bell
2001Meniscoessus Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 419
2004Meniscoessus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328 fig. 8.41B
2010Meniscoessus Wilson et al. p. 507
2013Meniscoessus Donohue et al. p. 684

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

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.

G. †Meniscoessus Cope 1882
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Meniscoessus collomensis Lillegraven 1987
Meniscoessus ferox Fox 1971
Meniscoessus major Russell 1936
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]
Meniscoessus seminoensis Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
Invalid names: Dipriodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Halodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Oracodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Selenacodon 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: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Lancian or 85.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (144 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) M. ferox (14426)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) M. intermedius (14421 14430) M. sp. (14429)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) M. sp. (14488 14489)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys major (14471 14485) M. intermedius (14476) M. sp. (14451)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) M. intermedius (14464)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) M. intermedius (14433)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) M. sp. (14466)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) M. intermedius (14436 14498)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) M. major (45893)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) M. major (14482)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) M. major (45561 45564 45566 45820)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) M. sp. (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) M. major (14435 14445 14446 14448 14450 14460 14461 14470 14483) M. sp. (14434 14490)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Colorado) M. collomensis (14497) M. sp. (167302)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) M. robustus (55353) M. sp. (85499)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) M. conquistus, M. robustus (14502)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) M. robustus (14620 14621) M. sp., M. robustus (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) M. robustus (14537 14604) M. sp. (14612) Moeniscoessus robustus (14571)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) M. robustus (14551 14558 14584 14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Dipriodon lunatus, Dipriodon robustus, Halodon gracilis, Halodon sculptus, M. robustus, Selenacodon fragilis, Tripriodon coelatus (14565) Dipriodon lunatus, Halodon sculptus (14567) Dipriodon lunatus, Halodon sculptus, M. robustus, Oracodon anceps, Selenacodon fragilis (14591) Dipriodon robustus (14566 14587) Halodon sculptus (14511 14586) Halodon sculptus, M. robustus (14588) M. robustus (14505 14514 14519 14524 14527 14538 14561 14577 14596 14598 14606 14625 14626 14641 14642 14644 14656 45844) M. robustus, Oracodon anceps (14589 14590 14592) M. seminoensis (14545) M. sp. (26626)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) M. conquistus (14581) M. robustus (96083) M. sp. (14640)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) M. sp. (14619)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) M. borealis (14515 14517 14562 14576 14594 14595) M. 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) M. sp. (14532 14600 14613)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) M. borealis (119007) M. robustus (55326 183109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) M. robustus (45111 45124 45128 45130) M. sp. (45136 45144) M. sp., M. robustus (45099 45102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) M. sp. (45390)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) M. robustus (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) M. sp. (154616)