†Mongolestes Szalay and Gould 1966 (condylarth)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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