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Oxyaeninae

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Oxyaeninae was named by Trouessart (1885). Its type is Oxyaena.

It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by Hay (1902); and to Oxyaenidae by Trouessart (1885), Wortman (1902), Hay (1930), Van Valen (1967) and Stucky and Hardy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Oxyaeninae Trouessart
1902Oxyaeninae Hay p. 756
1902Oxyaeninae Wortman p. 101
1930Oxyaeninae Hay p. 470
1967Oxyaeninae Van Valen
2007Oxyaeninae Stucky and Hardy p. 58

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyOxyaeninaeTrouessart 1885
subfamilyOxyaeninaeTrouessart 1885

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. †Oxyaeninae Trouessart 1885
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G. †Malfelis Stucky and Hardy 2007
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†Malfelis badwaterensis Stucky and Hardy 2007
G. †Oxyaena Cope 1874
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†Oxyaena forcipata Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Oxyaena ultima Denison 1938 [synonym]
†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 ferox Marsh 1872
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Invalid names: Limnofelis latidens Marsh 1872 [synonym]
†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available