What are mesonychids?

Mesonychides are medium to large carnivorous mammals closely linked to naughty ungulates (pigs, camels, goats, cattle) and cetaceans (whales and dolphins) who lived in Paleogen, evolved soon after the scope of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Mesonychids had a superficial resemblance to wolves, even though they had hoofs and a much larger head instead. In general, they were also larger, with some species exceeding the size of bears. In North America, mesonychids were the largest carnivores for millions of years. The Mesonychids came from Asia (which was an island continent) and quickly spread throughout the northern hemisphere, including Europe (which was at that time the archipelago) and North America (which was separated by the ocean from South America).

Although Mesonychids have skulls similar to Canids, the two are quite different. Mesonychids had longer, flatter skulls and an exaggerated sagittal ridge, a skull that would be used as an anchor for jaw muscles. The large sagittal ridges of Mesonychids indicate that they would have a huge biteou strength, with some species stronger than any living carnivorans. Mesonychid's dog teeth were slightly longer and thinner than Canids, better in the piercing meat, but slightly worse when holding killing.

Mesonychids had jaws with a triple tip, suggesting that some of them were adapted for hunting fish, such as their relatives, toothed whales. Men's mesonychides had strong karnassy that would be useful for bone crushing and pointing to God's life style. Evolutionary is assumed that Mesonychids come from Condylarts, the first hoof animals. For many years, it has been assumed that the whales that are mammals from mesonychids, but newer fossil findings seem to be more likely to come from the ancestors of the tops.