Oxyaena
Sign in to saveOxyaena ("sharp hyena") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Oxyaeninae within extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in Europe, Asia and North America (with most specimens being found in Colorado) during the early Eocene.
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It sits within the topics Eocene first appearances, Eocene genus extinctions and Eocene mammals of North America.
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- Oxyaeninae
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Oxyaena ("sharp hyena") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Oxyaeninae within extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in Europe, Asia and North America (with most specimens being found in Colorado) during the early Eocene.
==Taxonomy== The name of the genus translates as "sharp hyaena" ( and name of hyena genus Hyaena).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxyaena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.