Mongolestes

Mongolestes; Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Eutheria
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria
Order:	Mesonychia
Family:	Mesonychidae
Genus:	Mongolestes; Szalay & Gould 1966
Species
	M. hadrodens (type); Szalay & Gould 1966; M. alxaensis;

Mongolestes ("Mongolian robber") is an extinct genus of mesonychid known from the 'Ulan Gochu' formation of Inner Mongolia, and likely originated in Asia. It was the last surviving representative of Mesonychia, and became extinct in the early Oligocene.

Mongolestes is distinct from other mesonychids in several dental features, including very large teeth and the loss of M³, and a mandibular symphysis that is steeper.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Szalay & Gould 1966, p. 136
^ Jin 2005, p. 163

References

Jin, Xun (2005). "Mesonychids from Lushi Basin, Henan Province, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica (in Chinese and English). 43 (2): 151–164. Retrieved August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Szalay, Frederick S.; Gould, S. J. (1966). "Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra)" (PDF. 37Mb). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 132 (2). Retrieved August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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[SzaGou-163-1] Szalay & Gould 1966, p. 136

[2] Jin 2005, p. 163

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