Oxyaena

Oxyaena
Temporal range: Early Eocene
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
Species
  • †O. forcipata (Cope, 1874)
  • †O. gulo (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
  • †O. intermedia (Denison, 1937)
  • †O. lupina (Cope, 1874)
  • †O. pardalis (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
  • †O. simpsoni (Van Valen, 1966)
  • †O. woutersi (Lange-Badré & Godinot, 1982)
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • O. forcipata:
    • Oxyaena ultima (Denison, 1938)
  • O. lupina:
    • Oxyaena huerfanensis (Osborn, 1897)
    • Oxyaena morsitans (Cope, 1874)
  • O. woutersi:
    • Arfia woutersi (Lange-Badré & Godinot, 1982)

Oxyaena ("sharp hyena") 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.

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