Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Alternative combinations: Prototomus viverrinus, Sinopa viverrina, Stypolophus viverrinus
Belongs to Sinopa according to W. B. Scott 1892
See also Cope 1875, Gingerich and Deutsch 1989, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew and Granger 1915, McKenna 1960, Melville 1983 and Simpson 1951
Sister taxa: Sinopa aculeatus, Sinopa ethiopica, Sinopa eximia, Sinopa grangeri, Sinopa insectivorus, Sinopa jilinia, Sinopa lania, Sinopa major, Sinopa minor, Sinopa pungens, Sinopa rapax
Type specimen: Its type locality is Arroyo Blanco (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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