†family Oxyaenidae Cope 1877 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. Report upon the extinct Vertebrata obtained in New Mexico by parties of the Expedition of 1874. Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in Charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, under the Direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army 4:1-370

Parent taxon: Oxyaenodonta according to S. P. Zack 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Chester et al. 2010, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Peterson 1919, Rose et al. 2012, Stucky and Hardy 2007 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Dipsalidictis Dipsalodon Dormaalodon Galethylax Machaeroides Machaeroidinae Oxyaeninae Palaeonictinae Sarkastodon Tytthaena

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Type: Oxyaena

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1 collection)

• Eocene of Belgium (2), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (3), France (6), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (214: California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming)

• Clarkforkian of United States (40: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Mongolia (1), United States (9: Wyoming)

Total: 285 collections including 322 occurrences

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