Hoplophoneus

Hoplophoneus
Temporal range: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene 35–29 Ma
H. primaevus skeleton, Zurich natural history museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: †Nimravidae
Subfamily: †Hoplophoninae
Genus: †Hoplophoneus
Cope, 1874
Species
  • H. cerebralis (Cope, 1880)
  • H. dakotensis (Hatcher, 1895)
  • H. oharrai (Jepsen, 1926)
  • H. occidentalis (Leidy, 1866)
  • H. primaevus (Leidy, 1851) (type)
  • H. sicarius (Sinclair and Jepsen, 1927)
  • H. strigidens (Cope 1878)
Synonyms
  • H. oreodontis

Hoplophoneus (Greek: "murder" (phonos), "weapon" (hoplo)[1]) is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae, endemic to North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs (35–29 mya), existing for approximately 6 million years.[2]

  1. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Turner, Alan. National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals. National Geographic, 2004., pp.120-121