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Mesonychinae

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Mesonychinae Cope
1966Mesonychinae Szalay and Gould p. 134
1979Mesonychinae Zhang et al.
1995Mesonychinae Zhou et al. p. 397

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
subfamilyMesonychinaeCope 1880
subfamilyMesonychinaeCope 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Mesonychinae Cope 1880
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G. †Ankalagon Van Valen 1980
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Invalid names: Ancalagon Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
G. †Guilestes Zheng and Chi 1978
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†Guilestes acares Zheng and Chi 1978
G. †Hukoutherium Chow et al. 1973
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†Hukoutherium ambigum Chow et al. 1973
†Hukoutherium shimemensis Qi and Huang 1982
G. †Mesonyx Cope 1872
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†Mesonyx dakotensis Scott 1892
†Mesonyx obtusidens Cope 1872
†Mesonyx uqbulakensis Tong 1989
G. †Mongolestes Szalay and Gould 1966
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†Mongolestes hadrodens Szalay and Gould 1966
G. †Mongolonyx Szalay and Gould 1966
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†Mongolonyx dolichognathus Szalay and Gould 1966
G. †Yantanglestes Ideker and Yan 1980
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Invalid names: Lestes Yan and Tang 1976 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:02:52
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:02:52
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 66.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66China (Guangdong) Hukoutherium ambigum, Dissacus feiganensis (140280) Yantanglestes feiganensis, Hukoutherium ambigum (176607)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66China (Shaanxi) Hukoutherium shimemensis (132651)
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24China (Guangdong) Yantanglestes datangensis (176606)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Nei Mongol) Mesonyx nuhetingensis, Mongolonyx dolichognathus (75275) Mongolonyx dolichognathus (174920)
Arshantan56.0 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Mesonyx uqbulakensis (72204)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Mesonyx obtusidens (16240 16241)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Mesonyx obtusidens (16201 16205 16228 16256 16491) Mesonyx sp. (15837)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Henan) Mongolestes alxaensis (46193)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Xinjiang) Mesonyx uqbulakensis (176333 176335)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Mesonyx sp. (16623)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Mesonyx obtusidens (16646 16656) Mesonyx sp. (16606)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Guangxi) Guilestes acares (182554)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) Harpagolestes alxaensis (174915 180729)