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Meniscoessus conquistus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Meniscoessus conquistus was named by Cope (1882) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 3011, a tooth (broken M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Meniscoessus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Meniscoessus conquistus Cope pp. 830-831
1902Meniscoessus conquistus Hay p. 560
1929Meniscoessus conquistus Simpson p. 102
1930Meniscoessus conquistus Hay p. 382
1979Meniscoessus conquistus Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
2004Meniscoessus conquistus 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
speciesconquistus

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
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