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.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Subfamily: †Machaeroidinae (Matthew, 1909)
  • Genus: †Apataelurus (Scott, 1937)
    • †Apataelurus kayi (Scott, 1937)
    • †Apataelurus pishigouensis (Tong & Lei, 1986)
  • Genus: †Diegoaelurus (Zack, Poust & Wagner, 2022)
    • Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae (Zack, Poust & Wagner, 2022)
  • Genus: †Isphanatherium (Lavrov & Averianov, 1998)
    • Isphanatherium ferganensis (Lavrov & Averianov, 1998)
  • Genus: †Machaeroides (Matthew, 1909)
    • †Machaeroides eothen (Matthew, 1909)
    • †Machaeroides simpsoni (Dawson, 1986)

See also

• Mammal classification
• Oxyaenidae

References