Mongolestes
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| 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 Szalay & Gould 1966 |
| Species | |
Mongolestes ("Mongolian robber") is an extinct genus of mesonychid known from the 'Ulan Gochu' formation of Inner Mongolia and likely originated in Asia.
Mongolestes died out completely in the early Oligocene, having outlasted all other Mesonychids, being the last representative of the order.
Mongolestes is distinct from other mesonychids in several dental features, including very large teeth and the loss of M3, and a mandibular symphysis that is steeper.[1]
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References
- Jin, Xun (2005). "Mesonychids from Lushi Basin, Henan Province, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica (in Chinese, summary in English) 43 (2): 151–164. Retrieved August 2013.
- Szalay, Frederick S.; Gould, S. J. (1966). "Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra)" (PDF. 37Mb). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132 (2). Retrieved August 2013.
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