Meniscotheriinae

Meniscotheriinae was a subfamily of small herbivorous mammals that were part of the Phenacodontidae family.

Meniscotheriinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
†Phenacodontidae
Subfamily:
†Meniscotheriinae
Genera

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Genera

The subfamily contains only one genus, Meniscotherium. Ectocion and Lophocion have been included in this subfamily, but are now seen as belong to the subfamily Phenacodontinae.[1][2]

References
  1. J. D. Archibald. 1998. Archaic ungulates ("Condylarthra"). In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:292-331.
  2. Bin Ba, Yuan-Qing Wang & Jin Meng (2019) A new late Paleocene phenacodontid 'condylarth' Lophocion from the Clarkâs Fork Basin of Wyoming. Historical Biology (advance online publication) doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1652283 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2019.1652283


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