From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Extinct subfamily of mammals
Oxyaeninae ("sharp
hyenas ") is an
extinct
subfamily of placental mammals from extinct family
Oxyaenidae , that lived in
Asia ,
North America and
Europe from the late
Paleocene to middle
Eocene .
[1]
[2]
Etymology
The name of the subfamily translates as "sharp hyaenas" (from
Ancient Greek
ὀξύς- (oxús-) 'sharp', name of hyena genus
Hyaena and taxonomic suffix "
-inae ").
[3]
Classification and phylogeny
Taxonomy
Subfamily: †Oxyaeninae (Cope, 1877)
Genus: †
Argillotherium (Davies, 1884)
†Argillotherium toliapicum (Davies, 1884)
Genus: †
Dipsalidictis (
paraphyletic genus) (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
†Dipsalidictis aequidens (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
†Dipsalidictis krausei (Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991)
†Dipsalidictis platypus (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
†Dipsalidictis transiens (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
Genus: †
Malfelis (Stucky & Hardy, 2007)
†Malfelis badwaterensis (Stucky & Hardy, 2007)
[4]
Genus: †
Oxyaena (Cope, 1874)
†Oxyaena forcipata (Cope, 1874)
†Oxyaena gulo (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
†Oxyaena intermedia (Denison, 1938)
†Oxyaena lupina (Cope, 1874)
†Oxyaena pardalis (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
†Oxyaena simpsoni (Van Valen, 1966)
†Oxyaena woutersi (Lange-Badré & Godinot, 1982)
†Oxyaena sp. [Europe] (Solé, 2011)
Genus: †
Patriofelis (Leidy, 1870)
†Patriofelis ferox (Marsh, 1872)
†Patriofelis ulta (Leidy, 1870)
Genus: †
Protopsalis (Cope, 1880)
†Protopsalis tigrinus (Cope, 1880)
Genus: †
Sarkastodon (Granger, 1938)
†Sarkastodon henanensis (Tong & Lei, 1986)
†Sarkastodon mongoliensis (Granger, 1938)
References
^ Gunnel, Gregg F.; Gingerich, Philip D. (1991-09-30).
"Systematics and evolution of late Paleocene and early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming" (PDF) . Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology . 28 (7). The University of Michigan: 141–180.
^ Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten.
Oxyaeninae
^ Dixon, Dougal (2008). World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures . Lorenz Books.
ISBN
978-0-7548-1730-7 .
^ Stucky, R. K.; Hardy, T. G. (2007).
"A new large hypercarnivorous oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Middle Eocene of the Wind River Formation, Natrona County, Wyoming" (PDF) . Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History . 39 : 57–65.
doi :
10.2992/0145-9058(2007)39[57:anlhom]2.0.co;2 .
S2CID
130956705 .
†Afro‑Arabian clade
other representatives
ichnotaxa of Hyaenodonta