Hoplophoneus

Hoplophoneus
H. primaevus skeleton, Zurich natural history museum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: †Nimravidae
Subfamily: †Hoplophoninae
Genus: †Hoplophoneus
Cope, 1874
Type species
Hoplophoneus primaevus
Leidy, 1851
Other Species
  • H. oharrai (Jepsen, 1926)
  • H. occidentalis (Leidy, 1866)
Synonyms

H. occidentalis

  • Dinotomius atrox Williston, 1895
  • Drepanodon occidentalis Leidy, 1866
  • Machairodus occidentalis Leidy, 1866

H. primaevus

  • Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair, 1921
  • Hoplophoneus oreodontis Cope, 1874

Hoplophoneus (Greek: "murder" (phonos), "weapon" (hoplo)) is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae, lived in North America and Asia during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs from 35.7 to 30.5 mya, existing for approximately 5.2 million years.

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