Mongolestes Szalay and Gould 1966 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Full reference: F. S. Szalay and S. J. Gould. 1966. Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132(2):129-173

Parent taxon: Mesonychinae according to X. Zhou et al. 1995

See also Carroll 1988, Gingerich 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Szalay and Gould 1966

Sister taxa: Ankalagon, Guilestes, Hukoutherium, Mesonyx, Mongolonyx, Yantanglestes

Subtaxa: Mongolestes alxaensis Mongolestes hadrodens

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Type: Mongolestes hadrodens

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (2 collections)

• Eocene of China (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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