Mesonyx

Mesonyx
Temporal range: Eocene
M. obtusidens
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ Mesonyx, Paleobiology Database, collection #16240, Huerfano II site, Huerfano County, Colorado, authorized by John Alroy