Hoplophoneus Cope 1874 (false sabre-tooth)

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 adelos Hoplophoneus bidentatus Hoplophoneus cerebralis Hoplophoneus crassidens Hoplophoneus dakotensis Hoplophoneus occidentalis Hoplophoneus oharrai Hoplophoneus primaevus Hoplophoneus sicarius Hoplophoneus strigidens Hoplophoneus villebramarensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon, South Dakota collections)

• Oligocene of France (4), Germany (5), Switzerland (1), United States (22: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Thailand (1), United States (10: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 47 collections including 49 occurrences

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