Mesolambdolophus Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Genus: | †Mesolambdolophus Holbrook & Lapergola, 2011 |
Type species | |
†Mesolambdolophus setoni Holbrook & Lapergola, 2011 |
Mesolambdolophus is an extinct genus of small odd-toed ungulate known from the Bridgerian North American Stage (late Early to early Middle Eocene) of Wyoming, United States. It is known only from the holotype MCZ 19585, a nearly complete mandible which was collected from the Bridger Formation. It was first named by Luke T. Holbrook and Joshua Lapergola in 2011 and the type species is Mesolambdolophus setoni.
References
- Luke T. Holbrook and Joshua Lapergola (2011). "A new genus of perissodactyl (Mammalia) from the Bridgerian of Wyoming, with comments on basal perissodactyl phylogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (4): 895–901. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..895H. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.579669. S2CID 84351811.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Mesolambdolophus |
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