Mammalia - Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Parent taxon: Hyaenodontoidea according to M. Dubied et al. 2019
See also Andrews 1906, Bajpai et al. 2009, Borths et al. 2016, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Cope 1889, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gheerbrant et al. 2006, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Lange-Badré and Böhme 2005, Lavrov 2007, Morales et al. 2007, Morales et al. 2008, Morlo et al. 2007, Rana et al. 2015, Rose et al. 2012, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Solé et al. 2015, Solé et al. 2014, Solé et al. 2014, Solé and Mennecart 2019, Van Valen 1967, Wang et al. 2005 and Zack 2019
Sister taxon: Proviverrinae
Subtaxa: Acarictis Acrohyaenodon Ahknatenavus Arfia Boritia Cartierodon Cynohyaenodon Eurotherium Galecyon Gazinocyon Hyaenaelurinae Hyaenodontinae Hyaenodontipus Indohyaenodontinae Ischnognathus Koholiinae Leonhardtina Matthodon Neohyaenodon Oxyaenoides Paracynohyaenodon Preregidens Prionogalidae Prodissopsalis Protopsalis Prototomus Proviverroides Pyrocyon Quercytherium Schizophagus Sinopa Thereutherium Tinerhodon Tritemnodon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore