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Hoplophoneus primaevus
Taxonomy
Machairodus primaevus was named by Leidy and Owen (1851) [in Leidy; sometimes attributed to Leidy alone].
It was recombined as Drepanodon primaevus by Leidy (1869); it was recombined as Hoplophoneus primaevus by Cope (1874), Cope (1880), Adams (1896), Hay (1902), Matthew (1910), Thorpe (1920), Scott and Jepsen (1936), Simpson (1941), Hough (1949), Galbreath (1953), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
It was recombined as Drepanodon primaevus by Leidy (1869); it was recombined as Hoplophoneus primaevus by Cope (1874), Cope (1880), Adams (1896), Hay (1902), Matthew (1910), Thorpe (1920), Scott and Jepsen (1936), Simpson (1941), Hough (1949), Galbreath (1953), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1851 | Machairodus primaevus Leidy and Owen |
1853 | Machairodus primaevus Leidy |
1857 | Machairodus primaevus Leidy |
1869 | Drepanodon primaevus Leidy |
1873 | Machaerodus oreodontis Cope p. 9 |
1874 | Hoplophoneus oreodontis Cope |
1874 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Cope |
1880 | Hoplophoneus oreodontis Cope p. 850 |
1880 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Cope p. 850 |
1896 | Hoplophoneus insolens Adams p. 48 |
1896 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Adams p. 49 |
1896 | Hoplophoneus robustus Adams p. 49 |
1896 | Hoplophoneus oreodontis Adams p. 50 |
1902 | Hoplophoneus insolens Hay p. 778 |
1902 | Hoplophoneus oreodontis Hay p. 779 |
1902 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Hay p. 779 |
1902 | Hoplophoneus robustus Hay p. 779 |
1910 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Matthew |
1920 | Hoplophoneus latidens Thorpe |
1920 | Hoplophoneus marshi Thorpe |
1920 | Hoplophoneus molossus Thorpe |
1920 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Thorpe |
1921 | Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair |
1927 | Hoplophoneus mentalis Wood p. 296 |
1936 | Drepanodon mentalis Scott and Jepsen |
1936 | Drepanodon molossus Scott and Jepsen |
1936 | Drepanodon oreodontis Scott and Jepsen |
1936 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Scott and Jepsen |
1941 | Hoplophoneus mentalis Simpson |
1941 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Simpson |
1949 | Hoplophoneus mentalis Hough |
1949 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Hough |
1953 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Galbreath |
1996 | Hoplophoneus mentalis Bryant |
1996 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Bryant |
2016 | Hoplophoneus primaevus Barrett p. 50 |
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†Hoplophoneus primaevus Leidy and Owen 1851
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Invalid names: Hoplophoneus insolens Adams 1896 [synonym], Hoplophoneus latidens Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus marshi Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair 1921 [synonym], Hoplophoneus molossus Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus oreodontis Cope 1873 [synonym], Hoplophoneus robustus Adams 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. I. Adams 1896 (Hoplophoneus insolens) | The skull of H. insolentis long and low, the postorbitalconstriction very marked,sagittal crest slightlyconcave, the occiput overhanging and concave from side to side, the posttympanicprocess is long and massiveapproachingthepostgleuoidprocessand beingproducedas far inferiorly. The limb bones have stoutshaftsand relativelysmall ex- treinities | |
G. I. Adams 1896 (Hoplophoneus robustus) | The skull is relativelylarge comparedwiththe skeleton. The limb bones are rugoseand have stoutshafts,beingverysimilartothoseofDinictis fortis,1and are thus very differenftromthoseof H. primnaevus.Denti- tition:I 3 C {,Pm2,MD. | |
P. Z. Barrett 2016 | Characters of Hoplophoneus plus: sutural contact absent between the lacrimal and jugal; medial ridge of palate present; postglenoid foramen present; posterior lip of the glenoid socket projects more ventrally than the anterior lip; oblique angle between the braincase, disregarding the sagittal crest, and axial plane of the cranium; anterior dentary position elevate above cheek tooth row; vertically orientated posterior border of coronoid process; deep genial flange between 32 and 50% of total dentary length; mesial-distal length of C1 less than that of P4; ratio of height between P3 and P4 0.50 to 0.70; p3 lower than p4; trigonid proportion of m1, 88% or greater. |