†subfamily Oxyaeninae Trouessart 1885 (creodont)
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Parent taxon: Oxyaenidae according to J. L. Wortman 1902
See also Hay 1902, Matthes 1967, Stucky and Hardy 2007 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Dipsalidictis, Dipsalodon, Dormaalodon, Galethylax, Machaeroides, Machaeroidinae, Palaeonictinae, Sarkastodon, Tytthaena
Subtaxa: Malfelis Oxyaena Patriofelis
Type: Oxyaena
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), China (1), France (3), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (147: Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 157 collections including 170 occurrences