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Mesonychidae, the Glossary

Index Mesonychidae

Mesonychidae (meaning "middle claws") is an extinct family of small to large-sized omnivorous-carnivorous mammals.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 56 relations: Animal, Ankalagon, Arctocyonidae, Artiodactyl, Asia, Basal (phylogenetics), Beringia, Carnivora, Carnivore, Cetacea, Claw, Condylarthra, Convergent evolution, Creodonta, Danian, Dissacus, Ecological niche, Endemism, Eocene, Eurasia, Family (biology), Fauna, Ferae, Fossil, Guilestes, Harpagolestes, Herbivore, Hoof, Hukoutherium, Idea, Jiangxia chaotoensis, Mammal, Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids, Mesonychia, Mesonyx, Mongolestes, Mongolonyx, North America, Oligocene, Omnivore, Pachyaena, Paleoart, Paleocene, Perissodactyla, Predation, Rupelian, Sinonyx, Sister group, Skull, Synoplotherium, ... Expand index (6 more) »

  2. Mesonychids
  3. Rupelian extinctions

Animal

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Ankalagon

Ankalagon saurognathus is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the family Mesonychidae, endemic to North America during the Paleocene epoch (63.3—60.2 mya), existing for approximately. Mesonychidae and Ankalagon are mesonychids.

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Arctocyonidae

Arctocyonidae (from Greek arktos and kyôn, "bear/dog-like") is as an extinct family of unspecialized, primitive mammals with more than 20 genera. Mesonychidae and Arctocyonidae are prehistoric mammal families.

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Artiodactyl

Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof).

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Basal (phylogenetics)

In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.

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Beringia

Beringia is defined today as the land and maritime area bounded on the west by the Lena River in Russia; on the east by the Mackenzie River in Canada; on the north by 72° north latitude in the Chukchi Sea; and on the south by the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Carnivora

Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans.

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Carnivore

A carnivore, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements are met by the consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging.

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Cetacea

Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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Claw

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds).

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Condylarthra

Condylarthra is an informal group – previously considered an order – of extinct placental mammals, known primarily from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.

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Creodonta

Creodonta ("meat teeth") is a former order of extinct carnivorous placental mammals that lived from the early Paleocene to the late Miocene epochs in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Danian

The Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem.

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Dissacus

Dissacus is a genus of extinct carnivorous jackal to coyote-sized mammals within the family Mesonychidae, an early group of hoofed mammals that evolved into hunters and omnivores. Mesonychidae and Dissacus are mesonychids.

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Ecological niche

In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Eurasia

Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fauna

Fauna (faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time.

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Ferae

Ferae ("wild beasts") is a mirorder of placental mammalsMalcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Guilestes

Guilestes acares is a mesonychid mesonychian mammal that lived during the late Eocene in southern China. Mesonychidae and Guilestes are mesonychids.

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Harpagolestes

Harpagolestes ("hooked thief") is an extinct genus of hyena like, bear sized mesonychid mesonychian that lived in Central and Eastern Asia and western and central North America during the middle to late Eocene. Mesonychidae and Harpagolestes are mesonychids.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.

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Hoof

The hoof (hooves) is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, which is covered and strengthened with a thick and horny keratin covering.

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Hukoutherium

Hukoutherium is an extinct genus of mesonychid which lived during the middle Paleocene in Asia and was named by Chow. Mesonychidae and Hukoutherium are mesonychids.

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Idea

In common usage and in philosophy, ideas are the results of thought.

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Jiangxia chaotoensis

Jiangxia chaotoensis is a Chinese mesonychid from the Nongshanian division of the Upper Paleocene. Mesonychidae and Jiangxia chaotoensis are mesonychids.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids

Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe is a book written by Jordi Agustí and illustrated by Mauricio Antón.

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Mesonychia

Mesonychia ("middle claws") is an extinct taxon of small- to large-sized carnivorous ungulates related to artiodactyls. Mesonychidae and Mesonychia are Paleocene first appearances and Rupelian extinctions.

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Mesonyx

Mesonyx ("middle claw") is a genus of extinct mesonychid mesonychian mammal. Mesonychidae and mesonyx are mesonychids.

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Mongolestes

Mongolestes ("Mongolian robber") is an extinct genus of mesonychid known from the 'Ulan Gochu' formation of Inner Mongolia, and likely originated in Asia. Mesonychidae and Mongolestes are mesonychids and Rupelian extinctions.

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Mongolonyx

Mongolonyx is an extinct genus of carnivorous mesonychid mammal that lived during the Middle Eocene in Inner Mongolia (China) and became extinct during the Oligocene. Mesonychidae and Mongolonyx are mesonychids.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Omnivore

An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.

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Pachyaena

Pachyaena (literally, "thick hyena") was a genus of heavily built, relatively short-legged mesonychids, early Cenozoic mammals that evolved before the origin of either modern hoofed animals or carnivores, and combined characteristics similar to both. Mesonychidae and Pachyaena are mesonychids.

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Paleoart

Paleoart (also spelled palaeoart, paleo-art, or paleo art) is any original artistic work that attempts to depict prehistoric life according to scientific evidence.

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Paleocene

The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya).

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Perissodactyla

Perissodactyla is an order of ungulates.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Rupelian

The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series.

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Sinonyx

Sinonyx ("Chinese claw") is a genus of extinct, superficially wolf-like mesonychid mammals from the late Paleocene of China (about 56 million years ago). Mesonychidae and Sinonyx are mesonychids.

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Sister group

In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

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Skull

The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.

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Synoplotherium

Synoplotherium (synonym Dromocyon) is an extinct genus of relatively small, wolf-like mesonychids that lived 50 million years ago, in what is now Wyoming. Mesonychidae and Synoplotherium are mesonychids.

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Taxonomy

Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization.

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Tooth

A tooth (teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.

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Ungulate

Ungulates are members of the diverse clade Euungulata ("true ungulates"), which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves.

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Whale

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.

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Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.

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Yantanglestes

Yantanglestes is a genus of small, Chinese mesonychid with slender jaws that first appeared during the Early Paleocene in the Thanetian stage. It was found throughout Asia. Mesonychidae and Yantanglestes are mesonychids.

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See also

Mesonychids

Rupelian extinctions

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesonychidae

Also known as Mesonychid, Mesonychids.

, Taxonomy, Tooth, Ungulate, Whale, Wolf, Yantanglestes.