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Mesonyx nuhetingensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8651366https://www.gbif.org/species/8651366
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)332453https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=332453
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Mesonychidae : Mesonyx : Mesonyx nuhetingensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Acreodi : Mesonychidae : Mesonyx : Mesonyx nuhetingensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
-Mesonychia
familyMesonychidaeCope 1875
subfamilyMesonychinaeCope 1880
genusMesonyxCope 1871
speciesMesonyx nuhetingensisJin 2012
Generic NameMesonyx
Scientific NameMesonyx nuhetingensis Jin, 2012
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesonyx nuhetingensisspeciesbelongs to Mesonyxstated with evidenceJin, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Mesonychidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)X. Jin. 2012. New Mesonychid (Mammalia) material from the lower Paleogene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(3):245-257

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Mesonyx nuhetingensis Jin

References

Jin X. (2012) New Mesonychid (Mammalia) material from the lower Paleogene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 3, 245-257
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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