†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

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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

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