Machaeroidinae

Machaeroidinae
Temporal range: early to middle Eocene
skull cast of Machaeroides eothen
lower jaw of Apataelurus kayi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Order: Oxyaenodonta
Family: Oxyaenidae
Subfamily: Machaeroidinae
Matthew, 1909
Type genus
Machaeroides
Matthew, 1909
Genera
A map showing the fossil finds of machaeroidinid genera.
Synonyms
list of synonyms:
  • Machaeroididae
  • Machaeroidini Van Valen, 1966
  • Machairoidinae Matthew, 1909
  • Machaerodinae Lavrov, 1999

Machaeroidinae ("dagger-like") is an extinct subfamily of carnivorous saber-toothed placental mammals, from the extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived from the early to middle Eocene of Asia and North America. Traditionally classified as hyaenodonts, this group is now classified as a member of the family Oxyaenidae.