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Oxyaenoides schlosseri

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Oxyaenoides schlosseri was named by Rütimeyer (1891). Its type specimen is NMB En.235-236, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Egerkingen, 'aberrant siderolithic facies', which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian fissure fill siderite in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Oxyaenoides schlosseri Rütimeyer
2015Oxyaenoides schlosseri Solé et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
genusOxyaenoides
speciesschlosseriRütimeyer 1891

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.

†Oxyaenoides schlosseri Rütimeyer 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:44:28
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:44:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1998

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Oxyaenoides schlosseri (182519)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Aude) Oxyaenoides schlosseri (182642)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Oxyaenoides schlosseri (type locality: 31723)