Mongolestes Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Eutheria |
Superorder: | Laurasiatheria |
Order: | Mesonychia |
Family: | Mesonychidae |
Genus: | Mongolestes |
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Mongolestes is an extinct mammal genus. Fossils have been found in the 'Ulan Gochu' formation of inner Mongolia and likely originated in Asia.
Mongolestes died out completely in the early Oligocene but outlasted all other Mesonychidae, being the last representative genus.