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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...
- became the sole member of its own subfamily, Andrewsarchinae, within Mesonychia. The subfamily was elevated to family level by Philip D. Gingerich in...
- Order: Perissodactyla Clade: Panartiodactyla Order: †Arctocyonia? Order: †Mesonychia? Family: †Periptychidae? Order: Artiodactyla Synonyms Cetungulata Irwin...
- The Kuldana Formation is a fossil-bearing geological formation of Lutetian (Early Eocene) age which crops out in northern ****stan. The abundant fossil...
- Mesonychia † Cetacea...
- Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Mesonyx Cope, 1872 Species Mesonyx nuhetingensis...
- This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals. It does not include extant mammals or recently extinct mammals. For extinct primate species, see: list...
- likely originated in Asia. It was the last surviving representative of Mesonychia and became extinct in the early Oligocene. Mongolestes is distinct from...
- Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Mongolonyx Szalay & Gould, 1966 Species...