†Diegoaelurus Zach et al. 2022 (creodont)
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Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Full reference: S.P. Zach, A.W. Poust, and H. Wagner. 2022. Diegoaelurus, a new machaeroidine (Oxyaenidae) from the Santiago Formation (late Uintan) of southern California and the relationships of Machaeroidinae, the oldest group of sabertooth mammals. PeerJ 10:e13032:1-27
Parent taxon: Machaeroidinae according to S.P. Zach et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Apataelurus
Subtaxa: Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae
Type: Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jeff's Discovery (Eocene of California)
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