Meniscotherium Explained

Meniscotherium is an extinct genus of dog-sized mammal which lived 54–38 million years ago. It was a herbivore and had hooves. Fossils have been found in Utah, New Mexico. and Colorado. Many individuals have been found together, indicating that it lived in groups.[1]

Body mass in M. chamense is estimated to be 5–17 kg, making it about the size of a small dog.[2]

A 2014 cladistic analysis places it within stem perissodactyls.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Thomas E. Williamson and Spencer G. Lucas. 1992. Meniscotherium (Mammalia, "Condylarthra") from the Paleocene-Eocene of western North America. Bulletin, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Albuquerque. 72 pp.
  2. Dirks W. . Anemone R. L. . Holroyd P. A. . Reid D. J. . Phylogeny, Life History and the Timing of Molar Crown Formation in Two Archaic Ungulates, Meniscotherium and Phenacodus (Mammalia, 'Condylarthra'). Comparative Dental Morphology. 2009. 13. 3–8. 10.1159/000242381. 19828961. Frontiers of Oral Biology. 978-3-8055-9229-1.
  3. 10.1371/journal.pone.0109232. 25295875. Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls. PLOS ONE. 9. 10. e109232. 2014-10-08. Cooper . L. N. . Seiffert . E. R. . Clementz . M. . Madar . S. I. . Bajpai . S. . Hussain . S. T. . Thewissen . J. G. M.. 4189980. 2014PLoSO...9j9232C. free.

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