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Borhyaenidae
Taxonomy
Borhyaenidae was named by Ameghino (1894). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by de Muizon (1999).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Simpson (1935); to Didelphoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Borhyaenoidea by Marshall (1978), de Muizon (1994) and de Muizon (1999); and to Sparassodonta by Ameghino (1894) and Oliveira and Goin (2011).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Simpson (1935); to Didelphoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Borhyaenoidea by Marshall (1978), de Muizon (1994) and de Muizon (1999); and to Sparassodonta by Ameghino (1894) and Oliveira and Goin (2011).
Subtaxa
Acrocyon, Angelocabrerus, Argyrolestes, Borhyaenidium, Borhyaeninae (syn. Sparassodontidae, Conodonictidae), Chasicostylus, Eutemnodus (syn. Apera), Eutemodus, Fredszalaya, Nemolestes, Notictis, Notocynus, Parahyaenodon, Plesiofelis, Procladosictis, Prothylacyninae, Pseudolycopsis, Pseudonotictis, Pseudothylacynus, Stylocynus
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Borhyaenidae Ameghino |
| 1935 | Borhyaenidae Simpson p. 3 |
| 1978 | Borhyaenidae Marshall |
| 1994 | Borhyaenidae de Muizon |
| 1997 | Borhyaenidae McKenna and Bell |
| 1999 | Borhyaenidae de Muizon p. 507 |
| 2011 | Borhyaenidae Oliveira and Goin |
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