Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Alternative spelling: Sinopaninae
Full reference: F. Solé, J. Falconnet, and L. Yves. 2014. New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171:878-917
Parent taxon: Hyaenodontidae according to M. Morlo et al. 2014
See also Solé et al. 2014 and Solé et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acarictis, Acrohyaenodon, Ahknatenavus, Arfia, Boritia, Cartierodon, Cynohyaenodon, Eurotherium, Galecyon, Gazinocyon, Hyaenaelurinae, Hyaenodontinae, Hyaenodontipus, Indohyaenodontinae, Ischnognathus, Koholiinae, Leonhardtina, Matthodon, Neohyaenodon, Oxyaenoides, Paracynohyaenodon, Preregidens, Prionogalidae, Prodissopsalis, Protopsalis, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Quercytherium, Schizophagus, Sinopa, Thereutherium, Tinerhodon, Tritemnodon
Subtaxa: Acarictis Galecyon Gazinocyon Prototomus Proviverroides Pyrocyon Sinopa Tritemnodon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), China (1), France (6), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (247: Colorado, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 260 collections including 318 occurrences