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Meniscoessus ferox

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Meniscoessus ferox was named by Fox (1971) [limited to type by Clemens 1964, and status questioned by Hunter and Pearson 1996]. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-8), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Meniscoessus ferox Fox
1979Meniscoessus ferox Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
2004Meniscoessus ferox 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
speciesferox

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 ferox Fox 1971
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Diagnosis
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