What are Mesonychids?
Q: What are Mesonychids?
A: Mesonychids are an extinct order of carnivorous mammals, closely related to artiodactyls.
Q: When did Mesonychids first appear?
A: Mesonychids first appeared in the early Palaeocene with the genus Dissacus.
Q: What was the significance of Mesonychids in the animal kingdom?
A: Mesonychids were the first mammalian carnivores after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Q: How were Mesonychids known colloquially?
A: Mesonychids were known as "wolves on hooves."
Q: When did Mesonychids become extinct?
A: Mesonychids went in decline at the end of the Eocene, and became extinct in the early Oligocene.
Q: What was the relationship between Mesonychids and artiodactyls?
A: Mesonychids are closely related to artiodactyls.
Q: What was the name of the first Mesonychid genus?
A: The first Mesonychid genus was Dissacus.
