†family Oxyaenidae Cope 1877 (creodont)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40954
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. Report upon the extinct Vertebrata obtained in New Mexico by parties of the Expedition of 1874. Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian 4:1-370
Parent taxon: Creodonta according to R. K. Stucky and T. G. Hardy 2007
Sister taxa: Altacreodus, Amblyctonidae, Hyaenodontida, Limnocyonidae, Prionogalidae
Subtaxa: Apataelurus, Dipsalidictis, Dipsalodon, Dormaalodon, Machaeroides, Oxyaeninae, Palaeonictinae, Sarkastodon, Tytthaena
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore