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.[1]
| Tytthaena | |
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| 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[3] |
| Genus: | †Tytthaena Gingerich, 1980[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Tytthaena parrisi Gingerich, 1980 | |
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Description
Tytthaena is the smallest oxyaenid known. Morphologically, it resembles Oxyaena. It can be distinguished from other oxyaenids by its size and dentition. Its molars were narrow, with elongate talonids.[2][4]