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Oxyaenidae
Taxonomy
Oxyaenidae was named by Cope (1877). Its type is Oxyaena.
It was synonymized subjectively with Hyaenodontidae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1891); to Carnivora by Peterson (1919); to Oxyaenoidae by Hay (1930); to Oxyaenoidea by Van Valen (1967); to Creodonta by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Carroll (1988), Stucky and Hardy (2007), Chester et al. (2010), Rose et al. (2012); and to Oxyaenodonta by Zack (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Hyaenodontidae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1891); to Carnivora by Peterson (1919); to Oxyaenoidae by Hay (1930); to Oxyaenoidea by Van Valen (1967); to Creodonta by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Carroll (1988), Stucky and Hardy (2007), Chester et al. (2010), Rose et al. (2012); and to Oxyaenodonta by Zack (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Oxyaenidae Cope p. 89 |
| 1880 | Oxyaenidae Cope |
| 1891 | Oxyaenidae Cope p. 6 |
| 1919 | Oxyaenidae Peterson p. 42 |
| 1930 | Oxyaenidae Hay p. 470 |
| 1967 | Oxyaenidae Van Valen |
| 1988 | Oxyaenidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Oxyaenidae Stucky and Hardy |
| 2010 | Oxyaenidae Chester et al. p. 232 |
| 2012 | Oxyaenidae Rose et al. p. 60 |
| 2019 | Oxyaenidae Zack p. 17 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Oxyaenidae Cope 1877
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G. †Dipsalidictis Matthew and Granger 1915
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†Dipsalidictis aequidens Matthew and Granger 1915
†Dipsalidictis krausei Gunnell and Gingerich 1991
†Dipsalidictis platypus Matthew and Granger 1915
†Dipsalidictis transiens Matthew and Granger 1915
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Invalid names: Dipsalidictis amplus Jepsen 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dipsalidictides Denison 1938 [synonym]
G. †Dipsalodon Jepsen 1930
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†Dipsalodon churchillorum Rose 1981
†Dipsalodon matthewi Jepsen 1930
G. †Dormaalodon Lange-Badré 1987
G. †Galethylax Gervais 1850
G. †Machaeroides Matthew 1909
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†Machaeroides eothen Matthew 1909
†Machaeroides simpsoni Dawson et al. 1986
Subfm. †Machaeroidinae
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G. †Apataelurus Scott 1937
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†Apataelurus kayi Scott 1937
†Apataelurus pishigouensis Tong and Lei 1986
Subfm. †Oxyaeninae Trouessart 1885
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G. †Oxyaena Cope 1874
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†Oxyaena gulo Matthew and Granger 1915
†Oxyaena intermedia Denison 1938
†Oxyaena lupina Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Oxyaena huerfanensis Osborn 1897 [synonym], Oxyaena morsitans Cope 1874 [synonym]
†Oxyaena pardalis Matthew and Granger 1915
†Oxyaena simpsoni Van Valen 1966
†Oxyaena woutersi Lange-Badré and Godinot 1982
Invalid names: Argillotherium Davies 1884 [synonym]
G. †Patriofelis Leidy 1870
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†Patriofelis leidyanus Osborn and Wortman 1892
†Patriofelis ulta Leidy 1870
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Invalid names: Patriofelis coloradensis Matthew 1909 [synonym], Patriofelis compressa Denison 1938 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aelurotherium Adams 1896 [synonym], Limnofelis Marsh 1872 [synonym], Oreocyon Marsh 1872 [synonym]
Subfm. †Palaeonictinae Denison 1938
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G. †Ambloctonus Cope 1875
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†Ambloctonus major Denison 1938
†Ambloctonus priscus Matthew and Granger 1915
†Ambloctonus sinosus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Ambloctonus hyaenoides Matthew and Granger 1915 [synonym]
G. †Palaeonictis de Blainville 1842
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†Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville 1842
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Invalid names: Dormaalodon woutersi Lange-Badré 1987 [synonym], Oxyaena casieri Quinet 1966 [synonym]
†Palaeonictis occidentalis Osborn 1892
†Palaeonictis peloria Rose 1981
†Palaeonictis wingi Chester et al. 2010
G. †Sarkastodon Granger 1938
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†Sarkastodon henanensis Tong and Lei 1986
†Sarkastodon mongoliensis Granger 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available