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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