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Meniscotherium

 
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Meniscotherium
Fossil range: Eocene
Skeleton.
Skeleton.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Condylarthra
Family: Phenacodontidae
Subfamily: Meniscotheriinae
Genus: Meniscotherium
Species
  • M. tapiacitum
  • M. chamense

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]

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