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Oxyaenoides

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy

Oxyaenoides was named by Matthes (1967). Its type is Oxyaenoides bicuspidens.

It was assigned to Oxyaeninae by Matthes (1967); to Hyaenodontinae by Polly (1996); to Proviverrinae by Solé (2013) and Solé et al. (2014); and to Hyaenodontidae by Van Valen and Mellett (1968), McKenna and Bell (1997), Borths et al. (2016) and Solé and Mennecart (2019).

Species

O. aumelasiensis, O. bicuspidens (type species), O. lindgreni, O. schlosseri

Synonyms

Francotherium was named by Rich (1971). Its type is Francotherium lindgreni.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxyaenoides by Solé et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Hyaenodontinae by Rich (1971); to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Hyainailourinae by Peigné et al. (2007); and to Proviverrinae by Solé (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1967	Oxyaenoides Matthes pp. 452-454 figs. fig. 1-4
1968	Oxyaenoides Van Valen and Mellett p. 1302
1971	Francotherium Rich
1996	Oxyaenoides Polly
1997	Francotherium McKenna and Bell
1997	Oxyaenoides McKenna and Bell
2007	Francotherium Peigné et al. p. 443
2013	Francotherium Solé
2013	Oxyaenoides Solé
2014	Oxyaenoides Solé et al.
2016	Oxyaenoides Borths et al.
2019	Oxyaenoides Solé and Mennecart

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
order	Creodonta	()
order	Hyaenodonta	()
superfamily	Hyaenodontoidea	Leidy 1869
family	Hyaenodontidae	Leidy 1869
genus	Oxyaenoides

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.

G. †Oxyaenoides Matthes 1967

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†Oxyaenoides aumelasiensis Solé et al. 2020

†Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Matthes 1967

†Oxyaenoides lindgreni Rich 1971

†Oxyaenoides schlosseri Rütimeyer 1891

Invalid names: Francotherium Rich 1971 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
H. W. Matthes 1967	Dantal formula: /?.4.2., lower M2 is carnassial tooth, lower M1,2 have strong proto- and paraconid, metaconid absent, pronoconid bigger than paraconid, from lower P4 to lower M2 talonids decrise in size.