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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]
Oxyaeninae late | |
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Patriofelis ferox skeleton | |
Reconstruction of Sarkastodon mongoliensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Order: | †Oxyaenodonta |
Family: | †Oxyaenidae |
Subfamily: | †Oxyaeninae Trouessart, 1885 |
Type genus | |
†Oxyaena Cope, 1874 | |
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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]
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