Mesonychids

=__// Mesonychids //__=

__//** Year reported: **//__
1979

__//** Country where found: **//__
Pakistan

__//** Geological age (mya): **//__
55 - 67 million years ago

__//** Habitat (land, fesh water, shallow sea, open ocean): **//__
Mesonychids lived on //**land.**//

__//** Skull, teeth, ear structure most like (whales or land animal): **//__
The teeth of a mesonychid is similar to land animals, as they are more efficient on tough skinned animals and other land creatures. The ear structure is also more similar to land animals because the bone structure isn't suited to water.

__//** Limbs and tail (Description. Did it swim? If so, how): **//__
Early mesonychids had five digits (toes) on their feet, which probably rested flat on the ground during walking, but later had four digits that ended in tiny hooves on all of their toes and were increasingly well adapted to running. Like running members of the even-toed ungulates, mesonychids walked on their digits. They had strong, powerful limbs, meaning they were excellent hunters. Their tails were long, much like that of a tiger or other large cat. Mesonychids did not swim.

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