''Jiangxia chaotoensis'' is a Chinese

mesonychid Mesonychia ("middle claws") is an extinct taxon of small- to large-sized carnivorous ungulates related to artiodactyls. Mesonychids first appeared in the early Paleocene, went into a sharp decline at the end of the Eocene, and died out entirely ...

from the Nongshanian division of the Upper

Paleocene The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ''pal ...

. It may be related to the genera ''

Dissacus ''Dissacus'' is a genus of extinct carnivorous jackal to coyote-sized mammals within the family Mesonychidae, an early group of hoofed mammals that evolved into hunters and omnivores. Their fossils are found in Paleocene to Early Eocene aged s ...

'' and ''

Hukoutherium ''Hukoutherium'' is an extinct genus of mesonychid which lived during the middle Paleocene in Asia and was named by Chow. The genus became extinct during the Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 ...

''.Zhang, Yuping, et al. "Several species of Condylarthra from the Paleocene of Jiangxi." (1997). ''Jinagxia chaotoensis'' was named after the province of

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

, China, where it was found.An Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna From Hengdong, Hunan Province, China.(1995)
ouisiana State University.

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Mesonychids Paleocene mammals Prehistoric animals of China {{paleo-mammal-stub