Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Alternative combination: Proviverra major
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1902. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. The American Journal of Science, series 4 14(79):17-23
Belongs to Sinopa according to M. Morlo et al. 2014
See also Alroy 2002, Gustafson 1986, Polly 1996, Van Valen 1965 and Wortman 1902
Sister taxa: Sinopa aculeatus, Sinopa ethiopica, Sinopa eximia, Sinopa grangeri, Sinopa insectivorus, Sinopa jilinia, Sinopa lania, Sinopa minor, Sinopa pungens, Sinopa rapax, Sinopa viverrinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Church Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (13: Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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