Oxyaena
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oxyaena ("sharp hyena")[7] is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Oxyaeninae within extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in Europe, Asia and North America (with most specimens being found in Colorado) during the early Eocene.[8][9]
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Oxyaena | |
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Oxyaena lupina skeletal restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Oxyaenodonta |
Family: | †Oxyaenidae |
Subfamily: | †Oxyaeninae |
Genus: | †Oxyaena Cope, 1874 |
Type species | |
†Oxyaena lupina Cope, 1874 | |
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