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Oxyaena
Taxonomy
Oxyaena was named by Cope (1874). Its type is Oxyaena lupina. It is the type genus of Oxyaenidae, Oxyaeninae, Oxyaenoidea.
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1875); to Hyaenodontidae by Scott (1892); to Oxyaenidae by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Gunnell (1998); and to Oxyaeninae by Wortman (1902), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Van Valen (1967), Stucky and Hardy (2007).
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1875); to Hyaenodontidae by Scott (1892); to Oxyaenidae by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Gunnell (1998); and to Oxyaeninae by Wortman (1902), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Van Valen (1967), Stucky and Hardy (2007).
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Oxyaena Cope 1874
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†Oxyaena gulo Matthew and Granger 1915
†Oxyaena intermedia Denison 1938
†Oxyaena lupina Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Oxyaena huerfanensis Osborn 1897 [synonym], Oxyaena morsitans Cope 1874 [synonym]
†Oxyaena pardalis Matthew and Granger 1915
†Oxyaena simpsoni Van Valen 1966
†Oxyaena woutersi Lange-Badré and Godinot 1982
Invalid names: Argillotherium Davies 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available