After Savage, 1978, McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Gunnell, 1998
<==o †Oxyaenidae Cope, 1877 [Oxyaenoidea Osborn, 1910] |?- †Mechaeroidinae sensu Gunnell, 1998 [Hyaenodontidae: Limnocyoninae: Mechaeroidini sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] `--+--o †Oxyaeninae Cope, 1877 [Oxyaenidae Cope, 1877; Oxyaeninae Trouessart, 1885] | |--o †Dipsalidictides Matthew, 1915; E.Eoc. NAm. | | |-- †D. platypus Matthew, 1915 | | |-- †D. aequidens (Matthew, 1915) Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991 [Oxyaena aequidens Matthew, 1915] | | |-- †D. transiens (Matthew, 1915) Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991 [Oxyaena transiens Matthew, 1915] | | `-- †D. krausei Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991 | `--+--o †Oxyaena Cope, 1874 [Dipsalidictis Matthew, 1915] L.Pal.-E.Eoc. NAm., E.Eoc. Eu. | | |-- †O. lupina Cope, 1874 | | |-- †O. gulo Matthew, 1915 | | |-- †O. forcipata Cope, 1874 | | |-- †O. intermedia Denison, 1938 | | |-- †O. pardalis Matthew, 1915 | | |-- †O. simpsoni Van Valen, 1966 | | `-- †O. woutersi (Lange-Badré & Godinot, 1982) [Arfia woutersi Lange-Badré & Godinot, 1982] | `--+-- †Sarkastodon mongoliensis Granger, 1938; M.Eoc. EAs. | |-- †Protopsalis tigrinus Cope, 1880 | `--o †Patriofelis Leidy, 1870a [incl.? Limnofelis Marsh, 1872; Oreocyon Marsh, 1872 [non Oreocyon Krumbiegel, 1949 (a canid)]; Aelurotherium Adams 1896] [incl. Argillotherium Davies, 1884] | |-- †P. ulta Leidy, 1870a | |-- †P. ferox (Marsh, 1872) | `-- †P. coloradensis `--+?-o †Tytthaeninae Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991 | `--o †Tytthaena Gingerich, 1980; L.Pal. NAm. | |-- †T. parrisi Gingerich, 1980 | `-- †T. lichna (Rose, 1981) `--o †Ambloctoninae Cope, 1877 [Ambloctonidae Cope, 1877; Amphicreodi Gregory & Hellman, 1939] [incl. Palaeonictidae Osborn, 1892; Palaeonictida Haeckel, 1895; Palaeonictinae Denison, 1938] |--o †Dipsalodon Jepsen, 1930b; L.Pal. NAm. | |-- †D. matthewi Jepsen, 1930b | `-- †D. churchillorum Rose, 1981 `--+--o †Ambloctonus Cope, 1875 [Amblyctonus Cope, 1880; Amblyctomus Cope, 1882] E.Eoc. NAm. | |-- †A. sinosus Cope, 1875 | |-- †A. major | `-- †A. hyaenoides `--o †Palaeonictis Blainville, 1842 [incl. Dormaalodon Lange-Badré, 1987] L.Pal.-E.Eoc. NAm., E.Eoc. Eu. |-- †P. gigantea Blainville, 1842 [Dormaalodon woutersi Lange-Badré, 1987] |-- †P. occidentalis Osborn, 1892 |-- †P. peloria Rose, 1981 `-- †P. wingi Chester, Bloch, Secord & Boyer, 2010
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