Definition of Mesonychia. Meaning of Mesonychia. Synonyms of Mesonychia

- Mesonychia ("middle claws") is an extinct taxon of small- to large-sized carnivorous ungulates related to artiodactyls. Mesonychians first appeared in...
- artiodactyls, close relatives rather than direct ancestors. Other studies define Mesonychia as basal to all ungulates, occupying a position between Perissodactyla...
- became the sole member of its own subfamily, Andrewsarchinae, within Mesonychia. The subfamily was elevated to family level by Philip D. Gingerich in...
- Lucas & T.E. Williamson (2000). "A new specimen of Ankalagon (Mammalia, Mesonychia) and evidence of ****ual dimorphism in mesonychians". Journal of Vertebrate...
- The Kuldana Formation is a fossil-bearing geological formation of Lutetian (Early Eocene) age which crops out in northern ****stan. The abundant fossil...
- †Notoungulata Order: Perissodactyla Clade: Paraxonia Order: †Arctocyonia? Order: †Mesonychia? Family: †Periptychidae? Order: Artiodactyla Synonyms Cetungulata Irwin...
- perissodactyls, though in recent studies this clade was found to be polyphyletic) Mesonychia (natural clade, though several members, such as genus Andrewsarchus, are...
-  Mesonychia †  Cetacea...
- been proposed to be possible members of Ferae, like members of orders Mesonychia, Pantodonta and Taeniodonta, and families Arctocyonidae, Didelphodontidae...
- recently, these animals have been thought to be the ancestors of the orders Mesonychia and Cetartiodactyla, although some morphological studies have suggested...