- Mongolonyx
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Mongolonyx
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–OligoceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Mesonychia Family: Mesonychidae Genus: Mongolonyx Species - M. dolichognathus
- M. robustus
Mongolonyx is an extinct genus of carnivorous mesonychid mammal that lived during the Middle Eocene in Mongolia. It became extinct during the Oligocene. It was described by Szalay and Gould.
Mongolonyx fossils have been found in the 'Irdin Manha' beds.
Species
- Genus Mongolonyx
- Mongolonyx dolichognathus
- Mongolonyx robustus
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