Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Alternative combinations: Eusmilus bidentatus, Machairodus bidentatus
Belongs to Hoplophoneus according to P.Z. Barrett and S.S.B. Hopkins 2024
See also de Bonis et al. 2019, Hay 1902 and Peigné and Brunet 2001
Sister taxa: Hoplophoneus adelos, Hoplophoneus cerebralis, Hoplophoneus crassidens, Hoplophoneus dakotensis, Hoplophoneus occidentalis, Hoplophoneus oharrai, Hoplophoneus primaevus, Hoplophoneus sicarius, Hoplophoneus strigidens, Hoplophoneus villebramarensis
Type specimen: MNHN QU 9475, a mandible. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (old collections - early Oligocene), which is in an Oligocene karst phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (3 collections), Germany (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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