Oxyaeninae
Extinct subfamily of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Patriofelis ferox skeleton | |
Reconstruction of Sarkastodon mongoliensis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Order: | †Oxyaenodonta |
Family: | †Oxyaenidae |
Subfamily: | †Oxyaeninae Trouessart, 1885 |
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†Oxyaena Cope, 1874 | |
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