Mongolonyx

Mongolonyx is an extinct genus of carnivorous mesonychid mammal that lived during the Middle Eocene in Inner Mongolia (China) and became extinct during the Oligocene. It was described by Szalay and Gould.

Mongolonyx
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Mesonychia
Family: †Mesonychidae
Genus: †Mongolonyx
Szalay & Gould, 1966
Species
  • Mongolonyx dolichognathus
  • Mongolonyx robustus

Mongolonyx fossils have been found in the Irdin Manha beds, in Inner Mongolia. It was a huge carnivorous animal comparable in size to a large bear.[1]

Species
  • Mongolonyx dolichognathus
  • Mongolonyx robustus

References
  1. N. N. Kramarenko (1974). Зоогеография палеогена Азии (Zoogeography of Paleogene of Asia). Publishing office "Nauka". p. 114. Retrieved 18 September 2022.


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