Mesonychids were the first mammalian carnivores after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
These "wolves on hooves" are an extinct order of carnivorous mammals, closely related to artiodactyls.
Mesonychids first appeared in the early Palaeocene with the genus Dissacus. They went in decline at the end of the Eocene, and became extinct in the early Oligocene.
A: Mesonychids are an extinct order of carnivorous mammals, closely related to artiodactyls.
A: Mesonychids first appeared in the early Palaeocene with the genus Dissacus.
A: Mesonychids were the first mammalian carnivores after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
A: Mesonychids were known as "wolves on hooves."
A: Mesonychids went in decline at the end of the Eocene, and became extinct in the early Oligocene.
A: Mesonychids are closely related to artiodactyls.
A: The first Mesonychid genus was Dissacus.
