Mongolestes
| Mongolestes Temporal range:
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| Mongolestes hadrodens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Mesonychia |
| Family: | †Mesonychidae |
| Genus: | †Mongolestes Szalay & Gould 1966 |
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Mongolestes ("Mongolian robber") is an extinct genus of mesonychid known from the 'Ulan Gochu' formation of Inner Mongolia, and likely originated in Asia. It was the last surviving representative of Mesonychia and became extinct in the early Oligocene.
Mongolestes is distinct from other mesonychids in several dental features, including very large teeth and the loss of the third molar, and a mandibular symphysis that is steeper.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ a b Szalay & Gould 1966, p. 136
- ^ Jin 2005, p. 163
References[]
- Jin, Xun (2005). "Mesonychids from Lushi Basin, Henan Province, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica (in Chinese and English). 43 (2): 151–164. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- Szalay, Frederick S.; Gould, S. J. (1966). "Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 132 (2). hdl:2246/1112.
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