# Hyaenodontidae

Hyaenodontidae ("hyena teeth") is a family of placental mammals in the extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea. Hyaenodontids arose during the early Eocene and persisted well into the early Miocene. Fossils of this group have been found in Asia, North America and Europe.

## Classification and phylogeny
### Taxonomy

* Family: †Hyaenodontidae (Leidy, 1869)
** Genus: †Boritia (Solé, 2014)
*** †Boritia duffaudi (Solé, 2014)
** Genus: †Neosinopa (Lavrov, 1999)
*** †Neosinopa gobiensis (Lavrov, 1999)
** Genus: †Praecodens (Lange-Badré, 1981)
*** †Praecodens acutus (Lange-Badré, 1981)
** Genus: †Preregidens (Solé, 2015)
*** †Preregidens langebadrae (Solé, 2015)
** Genus: †Protoproviverra (Lemoine, 1891)
*** †Protoproviverra palaeonictides (Lemoine, 1880)
** (unranked): †Cynohyaenodon/Quercytherium clade
*** Genus: †Cynohyaenodon (Filhol, 1873)
**** †Cynohyaenodon cayluxi (Filhol, 1873)
**** †Cynohyaenodon lautricensis (Lange-Badré, 1978)
**** †Cynohyaenodon ruetimeyeri (Van Valen, 1965)
**** †Cynohyaenodon smithae (Solé, 2021)
**** †Cynohyaenodon trux (Van Valen, 1965)
*** Genus: †Paracynohyaenodon (Martin, 1906)
**** †Paracynohyaenodon magnus (Crochet, 1988)
**** †Paracynohyaenodon schlosseri (Martin, 1906)
*** Genus: †Quercytherium (Filhol, 1880)
**** †Quercytherium simplicidens (Lange-Badré, 1975)
**** †Quercytherium tenebrosum (Filhol, 1880)
** (unranked): †Eurotherium clade
*** Genus: †Alienetherium (Lange-Badré, 1981)
**** †Alienetherium buxwilleri (Lange-Badré, 1981)
*** Genus: †Cartierodon (Solé & Mennecart, 2019)
**** †Cartierodon egerkingensis (Solé & Mennecart, 2019)
*** Genus: †Eurotherium $^{(paraphyleticgenus)}$ (Polly & Lange-Badré, 1993)
**** †Eurotherium mapplethorpei (Solé, 2021)
**** †Eurotherium matthesi (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
**** †Eurotherium theriodis (Van Valen, 1965)
*** Genus: †Paenoxyaenoides (Lange-Badre, 1979)
**** †Paenoxyaenoides liguritor (Lange-Badre, 1979)
*** Genus: †Prodissopsalis (Matthes, 1950)
**** †Prodissopsalis eocaenicus (Matthes, 1952)
**** †Prodissopsalis jimenezi (Salesa, 2023)
** (unranked): †Leonhardtina clade
*** Genus: †Leonhardtina (Matthes, 1952)
**** †Leonhardtina godinoti (Solé, 2014)
**** †Leonhardtina gracilis (Matthes, 1952)
**** †Leonhardtina meridianum (Solé, 2020)
** (unranked): †Matthodon clade
*** Genus: †Matthodon (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
**** †Matthodon menui (Rich, 1971)
**** †Matthodon peignei (Solé, 2020)
**** †Matthodon tritens (Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)
** (unranked): †Oxyaenoides clade
*** Subfamily: †Oxyaenoidinae (Lavrov, 1999) (syn. Francotheriini (Lavrov, 1999))
**** Genus: †Oxyaenoides (Matthes, 1967)
***** †Oxyaenoides aumelasiensis (Solé, 2020)
***** †Oxyaenoides bicuspidens (Matthes, 1967)
***** †Oxyaenoides lindgreni (Rich, 1971)
***** †Oxyaenoides schlosseri (Rütimeyer, 1891)
** Subfamily: †Hyaenodontinae (Trouessart, 1885)
*** Genus: †Consobrinus (Lange-Badre, 1979)
**** †Consobrinus quercy (Lange-Badre, 1979)
*** Genus: †Propterodon $^{(paraphyleticgenus)}$ (Martin, 1906)
**** †Propterodon morrisi (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
**** †Propterodon paganensis (de Bonis, 2018)
**** †Propterodon tongi (Liu & Huang, 2002)
**** †Propterodon witteri (Zack, 2019)
*** Tribe: †Hyaenodontini (Leidy, 1869)
**** Genus: †Hyaenodon (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
***** †Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus (Blainville, 1841)
***** †Hyaenodon chunkhtensis (Dashzeveg, 1985)
***** †Hyaenodon dubius (Filhol, 1873)
***** †Hyaenodon eminus (Matthew & Granger, 1925)
***** †Hyaenodon exiguus (Gervais, 1873)
***** †Hyaenodon filholi (Schlosser, 1887)
***** †Hyaenodon gervaisi (Martin, 1906)
***** †Hyaenodon heberti (Filhol, 1876)
***** †Hyaenodon leptorhynchus (Laizer & Parieu, 1838)
***** †Hyaenodon minor (Lange-Badré, 1979)
***** †Hyaenodon pervagus (Matthew & Granger, 1924)
***** †Hyaenodon pumilus (Lavrov, 1999)
***** †Hyaenodon requieni (Gervais, 1846)
***** †Hyaenodon rossignoli (Lange-Badré, 1979)
***** †Hyaenodon weilini (Wang, 2005)
***** †Hyaenodon yuanchuensis (Young, 1937)
***** Subgenus: †Neohyaenodon $^{(paraphyleticsubgenus)}$ (Thorpe, 1922)
****** †Hyaenodon gigas (Dashzeveg, 1985)
****** †Hyaenodon horridus (Leidy, 1853)
****** †Hyaenodon incertus (Dashzeveg, 1985)
****** †Hyaenodon macrocephalus (Lavrov, 1999)
****** †Hyaenodon megaloides (Mellett, 1977)
****** †Hyaenodon milvinus (Lavrov, 1999)
****** †Hyaenodon mongoliensis (Dashzeveg, 1964)
****** †Hyaenodon montanus (Douglass, 1902)
****** †Hyaenodon vetus (Stock, 1933)
***** Subgenus: †Protohyaenodon $^{(paraphyleticsubgenus)}$ (Stock, 1933)
****** †Hyaenodon brevirostrus (Macdonald, 1970)
****** †Hyaenodon crucians (Leidy, 1853)
****** †Hyaenodon microdon (Mellett, 1977)
****** †Hyaenodon mustelinus (Scott, 1894)
****** †Hyaenodon raineyi (Gustafson, 1986)
****** †Hyaenodon venturae (Mellett, 1977)