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Oxyaenoides bicuspidens

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Oxyaenoides bicuspidens was named by Matthes (1967). Its type specimen is Geiseltal, XIV 2848, Germany, a mandible (right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Oxyaenoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Matthes pp. 452-454 figs. fig. 1-4
1968Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Van Valen and Mellett p. 1302

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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
speciesbicuspidens

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 bicuspidens Matthes 1967
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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: Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Oxyaenoides bicuspidens (195457)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Oxyaenoides bicuspidens (45749)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Oxyaenoides bicuspidens (44999)