{{Short description|Extinct genus of brachiopod}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Moscovian-Permian<br/>~{{fossil range|314|254}} | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Mesolobus | authority = Dunbar and Condra, 1932 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Mesolobus''''' is an extinct genus of brachiopod belonging to the order Productida and family Rugosochonetidae.<ref name=WilliamsEtal2000>{{cite book |first1=A. |last1=Williams |first2=S.J. |last2=Carlson |first3=C.H.C. |last3=Brunton |first4=L.E. |last4=Holmer |first5=L.E. |last5=Popov |first6=M. |last6=Mergl |first7=J.R. |last7=Laurie |first8=M.G. |last8=Bassett |first9=L.R.M. |last9=Cocks |first10=J.-Y. |last10=Rong |first11=S.S. |last11=Lazarev |first12=R.E. |last12=Grant |first13=P.R. |last13=Racheboeuf |first14=Y.-G. |last14=Jin |first15=B.R. |last15=Wardlaw |first16=D.A.T. |last16=Harper |first17=A.D. |last17=Wright |year=2000 |chapter=Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part). |title=Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology |pages=1–919}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first1=J.B. |last1=Waterhouse |year=2004 |title=Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal |journal=Earthwise |volume=6 |pages=1–259 |url=http://paleopolis.rediris.es/BrachNet/REF/Download/Waterhouse_abstract.pdf |access-date=10 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first1=M. |last1=Rubel |year=2011 |title=Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia |journal=Fossilia Baltica |volume=4 |pages=1–65}}</ref><ref>{{TreatiseH}}</ref>
== Species == *''M. inflata'' <small>Liang, 1990</small><ref>{{cite journal |first1=W.P. |last1=Liang |year=1990 |title=Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province |journal=Geological Memoirs |volume=2 |number=10 |pages=1–522}}</ref> *''M. striatus'' <small>Weller and McGehee, 1933</small><ref>{{cite journal |first1=R.D. |last1=Hoare |year=1961 |title=Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri |journal=Missouri University Studies |volume=36 |pages=1–262}}</ref>
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Category:Paleozoic animals Category:Productida
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