Mesonychia ("middle claws") is an extinct taxon of small- to large-sized carnivorous ungulates related to artiodactyls. Mesonychians first appeared in...
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reassigned to its own family Andrewsarchidae, but retained within the order Mesonychia. After that, Paratriisodon was synonymized with Andrewsarchus and the...
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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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Kuldana Formation (section Mesonychia)
The Kuldana Formation is a fossil-bearing geological formation of Lutetian (Early Eocene) age which crops out in northern Pakistan. The abundant fossil...
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Lucas & T.E. Williamson (2000). "A new specimen of Ankalagon (Mammalia, Mesonychia) and evidence of sexual dimorphism in mesonychians". Journal of Vertebrate...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Mesonyx Cope, 1872 Species Mesonyx lanius...
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†Notoungulata Order: Perissodactyla Clade: Paraxonia Order: †Arctocyonia? Order: †Mesonychia? Family: †Periptychidae? Order: Artiodactyla (including Cetacea) Synonyms...
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likely originated in Asia. It was the last surviving representative of Mesonychia and became extinct in the early Oligocene. Mongolestes is distinct from...
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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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