Mongolestes
Extinct genus of mammals
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Mongolestes ("Mongolian robber") is an extinct genus of mesonychid known from the Shara Murun and Ulan Gochu formations of Inner Mongolia. It was the last surviving representative of Mesonychia and became extinct in the early Oligocene.
| Mongolestes Temporal range: | |
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| M. hadrodens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Mesonychia |
| Family: | †Mesonychidae |
| Genus: | †Mongolestes Szalay & Gould 1966 |
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Mongolestes is distinct from other mesonychids in several dental features, including very large teeth and the loss of the third molar, and a mandibular symphysis that is steeper.[1]
