Information AboutMesonychia |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT MESONYCHID | |
| mesonychids | |
| paleocene mammals | |
| eocene mammals | |
| eocene extinctions | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
Mesonychids are an extinct order of even-toed Carnivorous Ungulate s (hoofed animals) which looked like Wolves , and were scavengers for carrion and hunters of fish. These animals possessed unusual triangular teeth that are similar to those of Whale s. For this reason, scientists had long believed that whales evolved from a form of mesonychid. '' Andrewsarchus '' was a mesonychid. These 'wolves on hooves' were the dominant predators in the late Paleocene and Eocene . They are closely related to the Artiodactyla and Cetacea , although they are no longer seen as the ancestors of whales. They probably descended from the Condylarth s and are part of the cohort or super-order Laurasiatheria . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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