Machaeroidinae
Machaeroidinae ("dagger-like") is an extinct subfamily of carnivorous sabre-toothed placental mammals from 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.
| Machaeroidinae Temporal range: early to middle Eocene | |
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| skull 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 | |
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| A map showing the fossil finds of machaeroidinid genera. | |
| Synonyms | |
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