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Sinopa rapax

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Sinopa rapax was named by Leidy (1871) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Stypolophus rapax by Hay (1902).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Sinopa rapax Leidy
1872Stypolophus aculeatus Cope
1872Triacodon aculeatus Cope p. 460
1873Triacodon aculeatus Cope p. 3
1873Sinopa rapax Leidy p. 116
1892Sinopa aculeatus Scott p. 310
1892Sinopa rapax Scott p. 310
1902Stypolophus aculeatus Hay p. 752
1902Stypolophus rapax Hay p. 752
1902Sinopa rapax Wortman p. 435
1996Sinopa rapax Polly
2014Sinopa rapax Morlo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilySinopinae()
genusSinopaLeidy 1871
speciesrapaxLeidy 1871

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.

Sinopa rapax Leidy 1871
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Invalid names: Stypolophus aculeatus Cope 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available