Tytthaena

Tytthaena
Temporal range: 58.9–55.4 Ma
↓
 late Paleocene - early Eocene[1]
part of left maxilla of Tytthaena parrisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Order: †Oxyaenodonta
Family: †Oxyaenidae
Subfamily: †Tytthaeninae
Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991[3]
Genus: †Tytthaena
Gingerich, 1980[2]
Type species
†Tytthaena parrisi
Gingerich, 1980
Species
  • †T. lichna (Rose, 1981)[4]
  • †T. parrisi (Gingerich, 1980)[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of subfamily:
  • Tyttaeninae (Lavrov, 1999)[5]
synonyms of genus:
  • Tyttaena (Lavrov, 1999)
synonyms of species:
  • T. lichna:
    • Oxyaena lichna (Rose, 1981)

Tytthaena ("little hyena") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Tytthaeninae within extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in North America from the late Paleocene to early Eocene.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Tytthaena". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Gingerich1980 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Gunnel, Gregg F.; Gingerich, Philip D. (1991). "Systematics and evolution of late Paleocene and early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology. 28 (7). The University of Michigan: 141–180.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rose1981 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ A. V. Lavrov (1999.) "Adaptive Radiation of Hyaenodontinae (Creodonta, Hyaenodontidae) of Asia." in 6th Congress of the Theriological Society, Moscow, April 13–16, p. 138 [in Russian].