Oxyaenoides, MATTHES, 1967

Solé, Floréal, Falconnet, Jocelyn & Yves, Laurent, 2014, New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 (4), pp. 878-917 : 882

OXYAENOIDES MATTHES, 1967

Emended diagnosis (reformulated from

Lange-Badré & Haubold, 1990)

Proviverrine of large size characterized by a P 3 shorter than P 4, molars without metaconid, paraconid short and high on molars, protoconid narrow, increasing in size from M 1 to M 3, protoconid one-third taller than paraconid, postprotocristid developed in the upper part, a short and crestiform talonid, reduced on M 3, an M 1 longer and narrower than M 2, metacone taller and longer than paracone on M 1 and M 2, parastyle well developed, notably on M 2, metastyle as long as paracone and metacone, projected distally and underlined by a cingulum, connate paracone and metacone, and metaconule absent.

Synonymy

Francotherium Rich, 1971 (subjective junior synonym; this study).

Type species

Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Matthes, 1967 .

Referred species

Oxyaenoides schlosseri ( Rütimeyer, 1891) ; Oxyaenoides lindgreni ( Rich, 1971) comb. nov.

Type locality

MP11 , Geiseltal ( Germany) .

Distribution

MP 10, Mancy ( France); MP 11, Geiseltal ( Germany), Poudingues de Palassou ( France); MP 13−14, Egerkingen ( Switzerland).