Sinopa

Sinopa; Temporal range: 50.5–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early to Middle Eocene
	Sinopa major skeleton
	Sinopa rapax skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Family:	†Sinopidae
Genus:	†Sinopa; Leidy, 1871
Type species
	†Sinopa rapax; Leidy, 1871
Species
	†S. jilinia (Morlo, 2014); †S. lania (Matthew, 1909); †S. longipes (Peterson, 1919); †S. major (Wortman, 1902); †S. minor (Wortman, 1902); †S. piercei (Bown, 1982); †S. pungens (Cope, 1872); †S. rapax (Leidy, 1871);
Synonyms
	synonyms of genus: Mimocyon (Peterson, 1919) ; Proviverroides (Bown, 1982) ; Stypolophus (Cope, 1872) ; Triacodon (Marsh, 1871) ; synonyms of species: S. longipes: Miacis longipes (Simpson, 1945) ; Mimocyon longipes (Peterson, 1919) ; Proviverra longipes (Dawson, 1980) ; ; S. major: Proviverra grangeri (Van Valen, 1965) ; Proviverra major (Gustafson, 1986) ; Sinopa grangeri (Matthew, 1906) ; ; S. minor: Proviverra minor (Van Valen, 1965) ; ; S. piercei: Proviverroides piercei (Bown, 1982) ; ; S. pungens: Proviverra pungens (Van Valen, 1965) ; Stypolophus pungens (Cope, 1872) ; ; S. rapax: Proviverra rapax (Van Valen, 1965) ; Sinopa aculeatus (Cope, 1871) ; Stypolophus aculeatus (Cope, 1872) ; Stypolophus rapax ; Triacodon aculeatus (Cope, 1872) ; Triacodon fallax (Marsh, 1872) ; ;

Sinopa ("swift fox")^[12] is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Sinopidae within extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North America and Asia from the early to middle Eocene.^[13]^[14]

^ M. Morlo, K. Bastl, W. Wu and S. F. K. Schaal (2014.) "The first species of Sinopa (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from outside of North America: implications for the history of the genus in the Eocene of Asia and North America." Palaeontology 57(1):111-125
^ W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
^ O. A. Peterson (1919.) "Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912." Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168
^ J. L. Wortman (1902.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 14(79):17-23
^ T. M. Bown (1982.) "Geology, Paleontology, and Correlation of Eocene Volcaniclastic Rocks, Southeast Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming." United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1201-A:A1-A75
^ E. D. Cope (1872.) "Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-3
^ J. Leidy (1871) "Remarks on fossil vertebrates from Wyoming." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23(2):228-229
^ J. Alroy (2002.) "Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals."
^ L. Van Valen (1965.) "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)." Palaeontology 8(4):638-665
^ E. P. Gustafson (1986.) "Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas." Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66
^ E. D. Cope (1871.) "Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:460-465
^ Floréal Solé; Jocelyn Falconnet; Laurent Yves (2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (4): 878–917. doi:10.1111/zoj.12155.
^ "Sinopa". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
^ Tomiya, S.; Zack, S. P.; Spaulding, M.; Flynn, J. J. (2021). "Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (Supplement S82): 1–115. Bibcode:2021JPal...95S...1T. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.74. hdl:2433/274918.

[1] M. Morlo, K. Bastl, W. Wu and S. F. K. Schaal (2014.) "The first species of Sinopa (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from outside of North America: implications for the history of the genus in the Eocene of Asia and North America." Palaeontology 57(1):111-125

[2] W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

[3] O. A. Peterson (1919.) "Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912." Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168

[4] J. L. Wortman (1902.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 14(79):17-23

[5] T. M. Bown (1982.) "Geology, Paleontology, and Correlation of Eocene Volcaniclastic Rocks, Southeast Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming." United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1201-A:A1-A75

[6] E. D. Cope (1872.) "Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-3

[7] J. Leidy (1871) "Remarks on fossil vertebrates from Wyoming." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23(2):228-229

[8] J. Alroy (2002.) "Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals."

[9] L. Van Valen (1965.) "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)." Palaeontology 8(4):638-665

[10] E. P. Gustafson (1986.) "Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas." Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66

[11] E. D. Cope (1871.) "Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:460-465

[ZJLS14proviverrines-12] Floréal Solé; Jocelyn Falconnet; Laurent Yves (2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (4): 878–917. doi:10.1111/zoj.12155.

[13] "Sinopa". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

[14] Tomiya, S.; Zack, S. P.; Spaulding, M.; Flynn, J. J. (2021). "Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (Supplement S82): 1–115. Bibcode:2021JPal...95S...1T. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.74. hdl:2433/274918.

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Sinopa Temporal range: 50.5–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early to Middle Eocene

Sinopa major skeleton

Sinopa rapax skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Family:	†Sinopidae
Genus:	†Sinopa Leidy, 1871
Type species
†Sinopa rapax Leidy, 1871
Species
†S. jilinia (Morlo, 2014)^[1] †S. lania (Matthew, 1909)^[2] †S. longipes (Peterson, 1919)^[3] †S. major (Wortman, 1902)^[4] †S. minor (Wortman, 1902) †S. piercei (Bown, 1982)^[5] †S. pungens (Cope, 1872)^[6] †S. rapax (Leidy, 1871)^[7]
Synonyms^[8]
synonyms of genus: Mimocyon (Peterson, 1919) Proviverroides (Bown, 1982) Stypolophus (Cope, 1872) Triacodon (Marsh, 1871) synonyms of species: S. longipes: Miacis longipes (Simpson, 1945) Mimocyon longipes (Peterson, 1919) Proviverra longipes (Dawson, 1980) S. major: Proviverra grangeri (Van Valen, 1965)^[9] Proviverra major (Gustafson, 1986)^[10] Sinopa grangeri (Matthew, 1906) S. minor: Proviverra minor (Van Valen, 1965) S. piercei: Proviverroides piercei (Bown, 1982) S. pungens: Proviverra pungens (Van Valen, 1965) Stypolophus pungens (Cope, 1872) S. rapax: Proviverra rapax (Van Valen, 1965) Sinopa aculeatus (Cope, 1871)^[11] Stypolophus aculeatus (Cope, 1872) Stypolophus rapax Triacodon aculeatus (Cope, 1872) Triacodon fallax (Marsh, 1872)