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Mongolonyx
Taxonomy
Mongolonyx was named by Szalay and Gould (1966). Its type is Mongolonyx dolichognathus.
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. dolichognathus (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1966 | Mongolonyx Szalay and Gould p. 134 |
1988 | Mongolonyx Carroll |
1995 | Mongolonyx Zhou et al. p. 397 |
1997 | Mongolonyx McKenna and Bell p. 367 |
1998 | Mongolonyx 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. †Mongolonyx Szalay and Gould 1966
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†Mongolonyx dolichognathus 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, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | M. dolichognathus (75275 174920) |