Mammalia - Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Synonym: Francotherium Rich 1971
Full reference: H. W. Matthes. 1967. Erstmaliger Nachweis eines Vertreters der Oxyaeninae TROUESSART 1885 (Creodonta) in Europa (First record of a representative of the Oxyaeninae in Europe). Geologie, Berlin 16:452-456
Parent taxon: Hyaenodontidae according to F. Solé and B. Mennecart 2019
See also Borths et al. 2016, Matthes 1967, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peigné et al. 2007, Polly 1996, Rich 1971, Solé 2013, Solé et al. 2014 and Van Valen and Mellett 1968
Sister taxa: Acarictis, Acrohyaenodon, Ahknatenavus, Arfia, Boritia, Cartierodon, Cynohyaenodon, Eurotherium, Galecyon, Gazinocyon, Hyaenaelurinae, Hyaenodontinae, Hyaenodontipus, Indohyaenodontinae, Ischnognathus, Koholiinae, Leonhardtina, Matthodon, Neohyaenodon, Paracynohyaenodon, Preregidens, Prionogalidae, Prodissopsalis, Protopsalis, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Quercytherium, Schizophagus, Sinopa, Thereutherium, Tinerhodon, Tritemnodon
Subtaxa: Oxyaenoides aumelasiensis Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Oxyaenoides lindgreni Oxyaenoides schlosseri
Type: Oxyaenoides bicuspidens
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (6 collections), Germany (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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