Protopsalis tigrinus Cope 1880 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Alternative combinations: Patriofelis tigrina, Patriofelis tigrinus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1880. The bad lands of the Wind River and their fauna. The American Naturalist 14(10):745-748

Belongs to Protopsalis according to W. B. Scott 1892

See also Cope 1880, Denison 1938, Gazin 1957, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Scott 1888 and Wortman 1894

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protopsalis tigrinus in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.