†subfamily Mesonychinae Cope 1880 (condylarth)
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Parent taxon: Mesonychidae according to X. Zhou et al. 1995
See also Szalay and Gould 1966 and Zhang et al. 1979
Sister taxa: Dissacus, Dissacusium, Hapalodectinae, Harpagolestes, Hessolestes, Honanodon, Jiangxia, Lohoodon, Metahapalodectes, Olsenia, Pachyaena, Plagiocristodon, Sinonyx, Synoplotherium
Subtaxa: Ankalagon Guilestes Hukoutherium Mesonyx Mongolestes Mongolonyx Yantanglestes
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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