Oxyaena

Oxyaena; Intervalo temporal: Eoceno Inferior; 56–50,5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Restauração esquelética de Oxyaena lupina
Classificação científica
Reino:	Animalia
Filo:	Chordata
Classe:	Mammalia
Ordem:	†Oxyaenodonta
Família:	†Oxyaenidae
Subfamília:	†Oxyaeninae
Gênero:	†Oxyaena; Cope, 1874
Espécie-tipo
	†Oxyaena lupina; Cope, 1874
Espécies
	†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);
Sinónimos
	Sinônimos de espécies: 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 (do grego oxys, "agudo, afiado",e de hyaena, forma latinizada do grego hyaina, "hiena", no significado primitivo e literal, "porca") era um gênero de mamíferos extintos, pertencente à família dos Oxyaenidae, superfamília dos Oxyaenoidea e ordem dos Creodonta. Viveram no Eoceno Inferior da América do Norte, e possivelmente da Ásia.

Taxonomia

Oxyaena Cope,1874

Oxyaena lupina - Cope, 1874 - Eoceno, Wasatchian - EUA
Oxyaena simpsoni - Van Valen, 1966 - EUA
Oxyaena gulo - Matthew, 1915 - Eoceno, Wasatchian (Wa2-Wa3) - EUA
Oxyaena intermedia - Denison, 1938 - Eoceno, Wasatchian (Wa4-Wa5) - EUA
Oxyaena forcipata - Cope, 1874 - Eoceno, Wasatchian (Wa5-Wa6) - EUA
Oxyaena pardalis - Matthew, 1915 - EUA

Referências

↑ Cope, E. D. (1874.) "Report upon vertebrate fossils discovered in New Mexico, with descriptions of new species." Chief of Engineers Annual Report. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, Appendix FF:589-606.
↑ W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. (1915.) "A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103
↑ R. H. Denison. (1937.) "The broad-skulled Pseudocreodi." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 37:163-257
↑ L. Van Valen. (1966.) "Deltatheridia, a new order of Mammals." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132(1):1-126
↑ Lange-Badré, B. and Godinot, M. (1982). "Sur la présence du genre Arfia Van Valen (Creodonta, Mammalia) dans la faune de Dormaal (Éocène inférieur de Belgique)." Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série 2, 294: 471-476
↑ J. Alroy. (2002.) "Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals."

[1] Cope, E. D. (1874.) "Report upon vertebrate fossils discovered in New Mexico, with descriptions of new species." Chief of Engineers Annual Report. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, Appendix FF:589-606.

[2] W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. (1915.) "A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103

[3] R. H. Denison. (1937.) "The broad-skulled Pseudocreodi." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 37:163-257

[4] L. Van Valen. (1966.) "Deltatheridia, a new order of Mammals." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132(1):1-126

[5] Lange-Badré, B. and Godinot, M. (1982). "Sur la présence du genre Arfia Van Valen (Creodonta, Mammalia) dans la faune de Dormaal (Éocène inférieur de Belgique)." Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série 2, 294: 471-476

[6] J. Alroy. (2002.) "Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals."

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