PaleoDB taxon number: 41020
Alternative spelling: Hyaenadae
Synonyms: Protelidae Flower 1869 (no. 77302), Protelinae Flower 1869 (no. 232087)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Aeluroidea according to R. M. Hunt 1998
Sister taxa: Anictis, Felidae, Haplogale, Herpestidae, Herpestides, Nandinia, Palaeoprionodon, Shandgolictis, Stenoplesictinae, Stenoplesictis, Viverridae
Subtaxa: Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Thalassictis, Tungurictis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore