†subfamily Palaeonictinae Denison 1938 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Parent taxon: Oxyaenidae according to S. G. B. Chester et al. 2010

See also Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Dipsalidictis, Dipsalodon, Dormaalodon, Galethylax, Machaeroides, Machaeroidinae, Oxyaeninae, Sarkastodon, Tytthaena

Subtaxa: Ambloctonus Palaeonictis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), France (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (30: New Mexico, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of United States (8: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences

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