Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Parent taxon: Sinopaninae according to F. Solé et al. 2014
See also Andrews 1906, Gingerich and Deutsch 1989, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew and Granger 1915, McKenna 1960, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peigné et al. 2007, Rose et al. 2012, Simpson 1951, Solé 2013, Solé et al. 2009, Troxell 1926, Van Valen 1965, Van Valen 1966, Van Valen 1967 and Wortman 1902
Sister taxa: Acarictis, Galecyon, Gazinocyon, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Sinopa, Tritemnodon
Subtaxa: Prototomus deimos Prototomus girardoti Prototomus martis Prototomus minimus Prototomus multicuspis Prototomus phobos Prototomus robustus Prototomus secundarius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (5), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (165: Colorado, Mississippi, Wyoming)
Total: 174 collections including 193 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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