Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Alternative combination: Prosinopa eximia
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358
Belongs to Sinopa according to J. Leidy 1873
See also Gunnell 1998 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Sinopa aculeatus, Sinopa ethiopica, Sinopa grangeri, Sinopa insectivorus, Sinopa jilinia, Sinopa lania, Sinopa major, Sinopa minor, Sinopa pungens, Sinopa rapax, Sinopa viverrinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grizzly Buttes
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