Jiangxia chaotoensis
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Jiangxia chaotoensis is a Chinese mesonychid
from the Nongshanian division of the Upper Paleocene
. It may be related to the genera Pachyaena
and Hessolestes.
J. chaotoensis was named after the province of Jiangxi
, where it was found.
Mesonychid
Mesonychia are an extinct order of medium to large-sized carnivorous mammals that were closely related to artiodactyls and to cetaceans...
from the Nongshanian division of the Upper Paleocene
Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...
. It may be related to the genera Pachyaena
Pachyaena
Pachyaena was a genus of heavily built, relatively short-legged mesonychids that originated from Asia. The species ranged in size from a coyote to a bear...
and Hessolestes.
J. chaotoensis was named after the province of Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...
, where it was found.