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    Mesonychidae (meaning "middle claws") is an extinct family of small to large-sized omnivorous-carnivorous mammals. They were endemic to North America and...
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    Andrewsarchus as well. The genus has been historically placed in the families Mesonychidae or Arctocyonidae, or was considered to be a close relative of whales...
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    either directly (as in birds) or via paw-pads (as in dogs and cats). Mesonychidae Dinosaurs (digitigrade and semi-digitigrade) Birds (except for loons...
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    Triisodontidae, one of the three families within Mesonychia (the other two being Mesonychidae and Hapalodectidae). Other North American triisodontid genera, including...
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    have now been removed from that order and placed in three families (Mesonychidae, Hapalodectidae, and Triisodontidae), either within their own order,...
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    Ankalagon saurognathus is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the family Mesonychidae, endemic to North America during the Paleocene epoch (63.3—60.2 mya)...
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    Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Mesonyx Cope, 1872 Species Mesonyx lanius Mesonyx nuhetingensis...
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    extinct carnivorous jackal to coyote-sized mammals within the family Mesonychidae, an early group of hoofed mammals that evolved into hunters and omnivores...
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    Paleocene of China (about 56 million years ago). It is within the family Mesonychidae, and cladistic analysis of a skull of Sinonyx jiashanensis identifies...
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    Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Harpagolestes Species H. immanis H. koreanicus H. orientalis...
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