Mesonyx

Mesonyx Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
M. obtusidens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Mesonychia
Family:	†Mesonychidae
Genus:	†Mesonyx Cope, 1872
Species
Mesonyx lanius Mesonyx nuhetingensis Mesonyx obtusidens Mesonyx uintensis Mesonyx uqbulakensis

Mesonyx ("middle claw") is a genus of extinct mesonychid mesonychian mammal. Fossils of the various species are found in Early to Late Eocene-age strata in the United States and Early Eocene-aged strata in China, 51.8—51.7 Ma (AEO).^[1]