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mesonychids were the carnivorous-artiodactyls (i.e with hooves)

that got replaced by true carnivores like cats (which have claws)

today there are no carnivorous-artiodactyls

only omnivorous-artiodactyls (pigs)

and herbivorous-artiodactyls (hippos)

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