Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Synonym: Argillotherium Davies 1884
Parent taxon: Oxyaeninae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Scott 1892, Stucky and Hardy 2007, Van Valen 1967 and Wortman 1902
Sister taxa: Malfelis, Patriofelis
Subtaxa: Argillotherium toliapicum Oxyaena forcipata Oxyaena gulo Oxyaena intermedia Oxyaena lupina Oxyaena pardalis Oxyaena simpsoni Oxyaena woutersi
Type: Oxyaena lupina
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), China (1), France (3), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (125: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 135 collections including 146 occurrences
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