Tytthaena

Tytthaena
Temporal range: late Paleocene - early Eocene
part of left maxilla of Tytthaena parrisi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Order: Oxyaenodonta
Family: Oxyaenidae
Subfamily: Tytthaeninae
Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991
Genus: Tytthaena
Gingerich, 1980
Type species
Tytthaena parrisi
Gingerich, 1980
Species
  • T. lichna (Rose, 1981)
  • T. parrisi Gingerich, 1980
Synonyms
synonyms of subfamily:
  • Tyttaeninae Lavrov, 1999
synonyms of genus:
  • Tyttaena Lavrov, 1999
synonyms of species:
  • T. lichna:
    • Oxyaena lichna Rose, 1981

Tytthaena ("little hyena") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Tytthaeninae within extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in North America from the late Paleocene to early Eocene.