Oxyaeninae

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.

Oxyaeninae
Temporal range: late Paleocene to middle Eocene
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
Genera
Synonyms
  • Oxyaenidae (Cope, 1877)
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