Oxyaeninae

Oxyaeninae Temporal range: 56.2–39.7  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to middle Eocene
Patriofelis ferox skeleton
Reconstruction of Sarkastodon mongoliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Order:	† Oxyaenodonta
Family:	† Oxyaenidae
Subfamily:	† Oxyaeninae Trouessart, 1885
Type genus
† Oxyaena Cope, 1874
Genera
† Argillotherium † Dipsalidictis (paraphyletic genus) † Malfelis † Oxyaena † Patriofelis † Protopsalis † Sarkastodon
Synonyms
Oxyaenidae Cope, 1877

Oxyaeninae ("sharp hyenas") is an extinct subfamily of placental mammals from extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in Asia, North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to middle Eocene. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The name of the subfamily translates as "sharp hyaenas" (from Ancient Greek ὀξύς- (oxús-) 'sharp', name of hyena genus Hyaena and taxonomic suffix "-inae"). ^[3]

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

Subfamily: †OxyaeninaeCope, 1877 Genus: † Argillotherium Davies, 1884 †Argillotherium toliapicumDavies, 1884 Genus: † Dipsalidictis (paraphyletic genus)Matthew & Granger, 1915 †Dipsalidictis aequidensMatthew & Granger, 1915 †Dipsalidictis krauseiGunnell & Gingerich, 1991 †Dipsalidictis platypusMatthew & Granger, 1915 †Dipsalidictis transiensMatthew & Granger, 1915 Genus: † Malfelis Stucky & Hardy, 2007 †Malfelis badwaterensisStucky & Hardy, 2007 [4] Genus: † Oxyaena Cope, 1874 †Oxyaena forcipataCope, 1874 †Oxyaena guloMatthew & Granger, 1915 †Oxyaena intermediaDenison, 1938 †Oxyaena lupinaCope, 1874 †Oxyaena pardalisMatthew & Granger, 1915 †Oxyaena simpsoniVan Valen, 1966 †Oxyaena woutersiLange-Badré & Godinot, 1982 †Oxyaena sp. [Europe] Solé, 2011 Genus: † Patriofelis Leidy, 1870 †Patriofelis feroxMarsh, 1872 †Patriofelis ultaLeidy, 1870 Genus: † Protopsalis Cope, 1880 †Protopsalis tigrinusCope, 1880 Genus: † Sarkastodon Granger, 1938 †Sarkastodon henanensisTong & Lei, 1986 †Sarkastodon mongoliensisGranger, 1938

References

1. Gunnel, Gregg F.; Gingerich, Philip D. (1991-09-30). "Systematics and evolution of late Paleocene and early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology. 28 (7). The University of Michigan: 141–180.
2. Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten. Oxyaeninae
3. Dixon, Dougal (2008). World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. Lorenz Books. ISBN   978-0-7548-1730-7.
4. Stucky, R. K.; Hardy, T. G. (2007). "A new large hypercarnivorous oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Middle Eocene of the Wind River Formation, Natrona County, Wyoming" (PDF). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 39: 57–65. doi:10.2992/0145-9058(2007)39[57:anlhom]2.0.co;2. S2CID   130956705.