Paroxyclaenidae

Paroxyclaenidae ("near Oxyclaenus") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct order Pantolesta, that lived in Pakistan^[2] and Europe from the early Eocene to middle Oligocene.^[3][4]

Paroxyclaenidae Temporal range: 56.0–29.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early Eocene to middle Oligocene
fossil of Kopidodon macrognathus
fossil of Paroxyclaenus lemuroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Mirorder:	Ferae
Order:	†Pantolesta
Family:	†Paroxyclaenidae Weitzel, 1933[1]
Type genus
†Paroxyclaenus Teilhard de Chardin, 1922
Genera
[see classification]

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

Family: †Paroxyclaenidae (Weitzel, 1933) Subfamily: †Merialinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988) Genus: †Fratrodon (Solé, 2019) †Fratrodon tresvauxi (Solé, 2019) Genus: †Merialus (Russell & Godinot, 1988) †Merialus bruneti (Solé, 2019) †Merialus martinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988) Genus: †Paraspaniella (Solé, 2019) †Paraspaniella gunnelli. (Solé, 2019) Genus: †Spaniella (Crusafont-Pairo & Russell, 1968) †Spaniella carezi (Crusafont-Pairo & Russell, 1968) Genus: †Welcommoides (Solé, 2024) †Welcommoides gurki (Solé, 2024) Subfamily: †Paroxyclaeninae (Weitzel, 1933) Genus: †Kopidodon (Weitzel, 1933) †Kopidodon macrognathus (Wittich, 1902) Genus: †Paravulpavoides (Harrison 2009) †Paravulpavoides cooperi (Hooker, 1986) Genus: †Paroxyclaenus (Teilhard de Chardin, 1922) †Paroxyclaenus lemuroides (Teilhard de Chardin, 1922) Genus: †Pugiodens (Matthes, 1952) †Pugiodens mirus (Matthes, 1952) Genus: †Sororodon (Solé, 2019) †Sororodon tresvauxae (Solé, 2019) Genus: †Vulpavoides (Matthes, 1952) †Vulpavoides germanica (Matthes, 1952) †Vulpavoides simplicidens (Van Valen, 1965) †Vulpavoides vanvaleni (Russell & Godinot, 1988)