Mesonychidae

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Mesonychidae (meaning "middle claws") is an extinct family of small to large omnivorous-carnivorous mammals, one of the two families in the order Mesonychia. They were found in North America and Eurasia during the Early Paleocene to the Late Eocene. Once considered a sister-taxon to artiodactyls, recent evidence now suggests no close relation to any living mammal. Mesonychid taxonomy has long been disputed and they have captured popular imagination as "wolves on hooves", animals that combine features of both ungulates and carnivorans.

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