Mongolestes

Mongolestes
Mongolestes
Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Mesonychia
Family: Mesonychidae
Genus: Mongolestes
Species
  • M. dolichognathus
  • M. robustus

Mongolestes is an extinct mammal genus. Fossils have been found in the 'Ulan Gochu' formation of inner Mongolia and likely originated in Asia.

Mongolestes died out completely in the early Oligocene but outlasted all other Mesonychidae, being the last representative genus.

Species

  • Genus Mongolestes
    • Mongolestes hadrodens
    • Mongolestes huangheensis

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