Mesolambdolophus

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Mesolambdolophus
Temporal range: Eocene
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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. [1]

References

  1. 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.