Meniscoessus collomensis Lillegraven 1987 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Full reference: J. A. Lillegraven. 1987. Stratigraphic and evolutionary implications of a new species of Meniscoessus (Multituberculata, Mammalia) from the Upper Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation, Moffat County, Colorado. Dakoterra 3:46-56

Belongs to Meniscoessus according to J. A. Lillegraven 1987

Sister taxa: Meniscoessus conquistus, Meniscoessus ferox, Meniscoessus intermedius, Meniscoessus major, Meniscoessus robustus, Meniscoessus seminoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jubb Creek, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial-deltaic mudstone/sandstone in the Williams Fork Formation of Colorado

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jubb Creek

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