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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...
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became the sole
member of its own subfamily, Andrewsarchinae,
within Mesonychia. The
subfamily was
elevated to
family level by
Philip D.
Gingerich in...
- The
Kuldana Formation is a fossil-bearing
geological formation of
Lutetian (Early Eocene) age
which crops out in
northern ****stan. The
abundant fossil...
- Order:
Perissodactyla Clade:
Panartiodactyla 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...
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Mesonychia † Cetacea...
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Lucas & T.E.
Williamson (2000). "A new
specimen of
Ankalagon (Mammalia,
Mesonychia) and
evidence of ****ual
dimorphism in mesonychians".
Journal of Vertebrate...
- been
proposed to be
possible members of Ferae, like
members of
orders Mesonychia,
Pantodonta and Taeniodonta, and
families Arctocyonidae, Didelphodontidae...
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Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order: †
Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Mesonyx Cope, 1872
Species Mesonyx lanius...
