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Ankalagon saurognathus is an
extinct carnivorous mammal of the
family Mesonychidae,
endemic to
North America during the
Paleocene epoch (63.3—60.2 mya)...
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Northern Hemisphere, but
species of a
closely related or
identical genus,
Ankalagon, from the
early to
middle Paleocene of New Mexico, were far larger, growing...
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McKenna (2007) and
Spaulding et al. (2009).
Family Mesonychidae Genus Ankalagon A.
saurognathus Genus Dissacus D.
argenteus D.
europaeus D. indigenus...
- of J.R.R.
Tolkien Ancalagon (worm), a
fossil genus of
priapulid worms Ankalagon saurognathus, a
Paleocene mesonychid mammal,
originally named Ancalagon...
- Ancalagon, a
Cambrian priapulid discovered in 1977 by
Conway Morris, and
Ankalagon, a
Paleocene mesonychian discovered in 1980 by Van Valen. The Ancalagon...
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remained small, most not even
bigger than a sheep; however; a few (like
Ankalagon saurognathus)
reached the size of a medium-sized bear.
Numerous lineages...
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mesonychians reached a size of a bear. Such
large were
Mongolonyx from Asia and
Ankalagon from
North America.
Another large mesonychian is
Harpagolestes with a...
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skull of
Sinonyx jiashanensis identifies its
closest relative as
Ankalagon. S.
jiashanensis was
discovered in An**** province,
China (30°54′N 120°54′E...
- Dinocerata.
Large carnivores include the wolf-like Mesonychia, such as
Ankalagon and Sinonyx.
Though there was an
explosive diversification, the affinities...
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Triisodontidae Eoconodon Goniacodon Stelocyon Triisodon Mesonychidae Ankalagon Dissacus Guilestes Harpagolestes Hessolestes Hukoutherium Jiangxia Mesonyx...
