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Hyaeninae (disused)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Hyaeninae was named by Mivart (1882). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Hyaenidae by Kurtén (1982).

It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Mivart (1882), Hendey (1974), Ginsburg (1977) and Roussiakis and Theodorou (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Hyaeninae Mivart p. 143
1974Hyaeninae Hendey p. 91
1977Hyaeninae Ginsburg p. 231
2003Hyaeninae Roussiakis and Theodorou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
subfamilyHyaeninaeMivart 1882
subfamilyHyaeninaeMivart 1882

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.

Subfm. Hyaeninae Mivart 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available