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Sinopa insectivorus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Stypolophus insectivorus was named by Cope (1871). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sinopa insectivorus by Scott (1892) and Matthew (1901); it was considered a nomen dubium by Matthew (1909) and Gunnell (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Stypolophus insectivorus Cope p. 469
1892Sinopa insectivorus Scott p. 310
1901Sinopa insectivorus Matthew
1902Stypolophus insectivorus Hay p. 752

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
speciesinsectivorus()

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 insectivorus Cope 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available