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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mongoliensis and A. crassum. It was formerly placed in the families Mesonychidae or Arctocyonidae, but is now the sole member of a distinct family, Andrewsarchidae...
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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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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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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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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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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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11 August 2013. Szalay, Frederick S.; Gould, S. J. (1966). "Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural...
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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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(2002). "Early Eocene Leptictida, Pantolesta, Creodonta, Carnivora, and Mesonychidae (Mammalia) from the Eureka Sound Group, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut". Canadian...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Yantanglestes Ideker and Yan, 1980 Type species †Lestes conexus...
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whales and relatives Suborder †Acreodi Family †Triisodontidae Family †Mesonychidae: mesonychids Family †Hapalodectidae Suborder Cetacea Infraorder †Archaeoceti...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Jiangxia Zhang et al., 1979 Species: †J. chaotoensis Binomial...
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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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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Mongolonyx Szalay & Gould, 1966 Species Mongolonyx dolichognathus...
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2002). "Early Eocene Leptictida, Pantolesta, Creodonta, Carnivora, and Mesonychidae (Mammalia) from the Eureka Sound Group, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut". Canadian...
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Leptictidae (now Pseudorhyncocyonidae), Oxyaenidae, Ambloctonidae and Mesonychidae. Cope originally placed creodonts within the Insectivora. In 1884, however...
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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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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Synoplotherium Cope, 1872 Type species †Synoplotherium vorax...
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Order: Mesonychia Triisodontidae Eoconodon Goniacodon Stelocyon Triisodon Mesonychidae Ankalagon Dissacus Guilestes Harpagolestes Hessolestes Hukoutherium Jiangxia...
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Order: Mesonychia Triisodontidae Eoconodon Goniacodon Stelocyon Triisodon Mesonychidae Ankalagon Dissacus Guilestes Harpagolestes Hessolestes Hukoutherium Jiangxia...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Guilestes Zheng & Chi, 1978 Species: †G. acares Binomial name...
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crushing bones. Hapalodectids were once considered a subfamily of the Mesonychidae, but the discovery of a skull of Hapalodectes hetangensis showed additional...
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Stelocyon Triisodon Family Hapalodectidae Genus Hapalodectes Family Mesonychidae Genus Ankalagon Genus Mesonyx Mesonyx obtusidens Genus Dissacus Genus...
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Name Species Locality/Member Material Notes Image Mesonychidae indet. Ganda Kas A single premolar Belongs to a small mesonychid, with similarities to Hapalodectes...
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genera and tended to develop long canines similar to early big cats. Mesonychidae Peter E. Kondrashov, Spencer G. Lucas (2004). "Oxyclaenus from the Early...
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hdl:2246/3182. Szalay, Frederick S.; Gould, Stephen Jay (1966). "Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra)". Bulletin of the AMNH. 132 (2). hdl:2246/1112...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Mesonychia Family: †Mesonychidae Genus: †Hukoutherium Chow, Chang, Wang & Ting, 1973 Species H. ambigum...
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Order: Mesonychia Triisodontidae Eoconodon Goniacodon Stelocyon Triisodon Mesonychidae Ankalagon Dissacus Guilestes Harpagolestes Hessolestes Hukoutherium Jiangxia...
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Pakistan. Upon their discovery, I. pinfoldi was placed within the family Mesonychidae, a group of terrestrial mammals from which cetaceans were previously...
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