Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Synonyms: Dinotomius Williston 1895, Ekgmoiteptecela Macdonald 1963
Parent taxon: Hoplophoneini according to P. Z. Barrett 2016
See also Bryant 1984, Bryant 1991, Bryant 1996, Cope 1880, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hay 1902, Hough 1949, Macdonald 1963, Martin 1980, Martin 1998, Peigné 2003, Scott and Jepsen 1936, Simpson 1941 and Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008
Sister taxa: Eusmilus, Nanosmilus
Subtaxa: Hoplophoneus cerebralis Hoplophoneus crassidens Hoplophoneus dakotensis Hoplophoneus occidentalis Hoplophoneus oharrai Hoplophoneus primaevus Hoplophoneus sicarius Hoplophoneus strigidens
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon, South Dakota collections)
• Oligocene of United States (21: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Thailand (1), United States (10: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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