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Hoplophoneus oharrai

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Hoplophoneus oharrai was named by Jepsen (1926). Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Drepanodon oharrai by Scott and Jepsen (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Hoplophoneus mentalis by Hough (1949), Bryant (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Hoplophoneus oharrai Jepsen
1927Hoplophoneus oharrai Wood p. 297
1933Hoplophoneus oharrai Jepsen p. 355
1936Drepanodon oharrai Scott and Jepsen
1967Hoplophoneus oharrai Clark and Beerbower
1992Hoplophoneus oharrai Emry
2016Hoplophoneus oharrai Barrett pp. Table 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
tribeHoplophoneiniKretzoi 1929
genusHoplophoneusCope 1874
speciesoharraiJepsen 1926

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Hoplophoneus oharrai Jepsen 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:30:41
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:32:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Martin 1998, Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Hoplophoneus oharrai (type locality: 17006)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Hoplophoneus oharrai (16962 16964 16965)