Mesolambdolophus
Extinct genus of mammals
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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]
| Mesolambdolophus Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Genus: | †Mesolambdolophus Holbrook & Lapergola, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †Mesolambdolophus setoni Holbrook & Lapergola, 2011 | |
