Mesolambdolophus

Mesolambdolophus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
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, USA. 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.579669.
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