After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Morlo & Gunnell, 2005
<==o †Limnocyoninae Wortman, 1902 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Limnocyonidae Gazin, 1946; Limnocyonini Van Valen, 1966] |?- †“Thinocyon” sichowensis Chow, 1975 |?- †Mechaeroidini [Oxyaenidae?: Mechaeroidinae sensu Gunnell, 1998] `--o †Limnocyonini |?- †Prolaena parva Xu, Yan, Zhou, Han & Zhang, 1979; M.Eoc. EAs. |?- †Thereutherium thylacodes Filhol, 1876; L.Eoc.-Olig. Eu. |--o †Prolimnocyon Matthew, 1915; ?Pal., E.Eoc. NAm. | |-- †P. atavus Matthew, 1915 | |-- †P. antiquus | |-- †P. chowi meng, Chai & Wyss, 1998 | |-- †P. elisabethae Gazin, 1952 | |-- †P. eerius Gingerich, 1989 | `-- †P. haematus Gingerich & Deutsch, 1989 `--+-- †Iridodon datzae `--+--o †Thinocyon Marsh, 1872 [Entomodon Marsh, 1872] ?M.Eoc. EAs., M.Eoc. NAm. | |-- †T. velox Marsh, 1872 [T. cledensis, T. mustelius Matthew, 1909b, T. wyomingensis] | |-- †T. cledensis | |-- †T. medius (Wortman, 1902) [T. submedius] | |-- †T. mustelinus | `-- †T. comptus `--+--o †Limnocyon Marsh, 1872 [Telmatocyon Marsh, 1899] M.Eoc. NAm. | |-- †L. verus Marsh, 1872 | `-- †L. cuspidens Morlo & Gunnell, 2005 `--+-- †“Limnocyon” potens [incl. ?Oxyaenodon wortmani Van Valen, 1966] `-- †Oxyaenodon dysodus Wortman, 1899 [Oxyaenodon dysodus Matthew, 1899, nomen nudum; incl. O. dysclerus Hay, 1902]
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