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Mongolonyx
202158202158Mongolonyx (Mongolonyx (Szalay & Gould 1966))
Order: Mesonychia
Family: Mesonychidae
Temporal range: during the Middle Eocene (Asia, Inner Mongolia)
Dimensions: length - 2,7 m, height - 130 сm, weight ~ 250 to 500 kg
A typical representative: Mongolonyx robustus
Mongolonyx robustus was one of the largest predatory mesonychids that lived during the Middle Eocene in Inner Mongolia (China). The studies define Mesonychia as basal to all ungulates, occupying a position between Perissodactyla and Ferae.
Mongolonyx fossils have been found in the Irdin Manha beds, in Inner Mongolia. It was a huge carnivorous animal comparable in size to a large bear.
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Mongolonyx (Mongolonyx (Szalay & Gould 1966))
Order: Mesonychia
Family: Mesonychidae
Temporal range: during the Middle Eocene (Asia, Inner Mongolia)
Dimensions: length - 2,7 m, height - 130 сm, weight ~ 250 to 500 kg
A typical representative: Mongolonyx robustus
Mongolonyx robustus was one of the largest predatory mesonychids that lived during the Middle Eocene in Inner Mongolia (China). The studies define Mesonychia as basal to all ungulates, occupying a position between Perissodactyla and Ferae.
Mongolonyx fossils have been found in the Irdin Manha beds, in Inner Mongolia. It was a huge carnivorous animal comparable in size to a large bear.
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