Mesolambdolophus
Appearance
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
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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.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.