Machaeroidinae Temporal range: Eocene
early to middle | |
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skull cast 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[1] |
Type genus | |
†Machaeroides Matthew, 1909
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Genera | |
A map showing the fossil finds of machaeroidinid genera. | |
Synonyms | |
list of synonyms:
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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.[3] Traditionally classified as hyaenodonts, this group is now classified as a member of the family Oxyaenidae.[4][5][6]