Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Synonyms: Stypolophus Cope 1871, Triacodon Marsh 1871
Parent taxon: Sinopaninae according to M. Morlo et al. 2014
See also Andrews 1906, Cope 1875, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, Emry 1990, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Krishtalka and Stucky 1984, Leidy 1873, Matthew 1909, Matthew and Granger 1915, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peigné et al. 2007, Polly 1996, Schoch 1987, Scott 1892, Solé 2013, Solé et al. 2014, Thorpe 1923, Van Valen 1965, Van Valen 1966, Van Valen 1967 and Wortman 1902
Sister taxa: Acarictis, Galecyon, Gazinocyon, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Tritemnodon
Subtaxa: Sinopa aculeatus Sinopa ethiopica Sinopa eximia Sinopa grangeri Sinopa insectivorus Sinopa jilinia Sinopa lania Sinopa major Sinopa minor Sinopa pungens Sinopa rapax Sinopa viverrinus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Eocene of China (1), United States (39: Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 42 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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