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Mongolestes
Taxonomy
Mongolestes was named by Szalay and Gould (1966). Its type is Mongolestes hadrodens.
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966) and Zhou et al. (1995); and to Mesonychidae by Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Gingerich (1998).
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966) and Zhou et al. (1995); and to Mesonychidae by Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Gingerich (1998).
Species
M. alxaensis, M. hadrodens (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1966 | Mongolestes Szalay and Gould p. 134 |
1988 | Mongolestes Carroll |
1995 | Mongolestes Zhou et al. p. 397 |
1997 | Mongolestes McKenna and Bell p. 368 |
1998 | Mongolestes Gingerich p. 427 figs. FIgure 1 |
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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.
G. †Mongolestes Szalay and Gould 1966
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†Mongolestes alxaensis Qi 1975
†Mongolestes hadrodens Szalay and Gould 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 47.80000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene | China (Henan) | M. alxaensis (46193) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Harpagolestes alxaensis (174915 180729) |