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Machaeroidinae

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Machaeroidinae is a subfamily. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Oxyaenidae by Zack (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Machaeroidinae Zack p. 17

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyMachaeroidinae
subfamilyMachaeroidinae

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.

Subfm. †Machaeroidinae
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G. †Apataelurus Scott 1937
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†Apataelurus kayi Scott 1937
†Apataelurus pishigouensis Tong and Lei 1986
G. †Diegoaelurus Zach et al. 2022
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†Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae Zach et al. 2022
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 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 46.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Apataelurus sp., Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae (16585)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Apataelurus kayi (16646)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4China (Henan) Propterodon pishigouensis (174738)