Sinopidae Explained

Sinopidae ("swift foxes") is an extinct family of predatory placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to middle Eocene deposits in North America, Europe and Asia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Family: †Sinopidae
  • Genus: †Acarictis
    • †Acarictis ryani
  • Genus: †Prototomus
    • †Prototomus deimos
    • †Prototomus girardoti
    • †Prototomus martis
    • †Prototomus minimus
    • †Prototomus phobos
    • †Prototomus robustus
    • †Prototomus secundarius
    • †Prototomus viverrinus
  • Genus: †Sinopa
    • †Sinopa jilinia
    • †Sinopa lania
    • †Sinopa longipes
    • †Sinopa major
    • †Sinopa minor
    • †Sinopa piercei
    • †Sinopa pungens
    • †Sinopa rapax

Notes and References

1. Solé . F. . Lhuillier . J. . Adaci . M. . Bensalah . M. . Mahboubi . M. . Tabuce . R. . The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 12 . 3 . 2013 . 303–322 . 10.1080/14772019.2013.795196. 84475034 .
2. Borths . Matthew R. . Stevens . Nancy J. . 2017 . Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia, Mammalia) . Palaeontologia Electronica . 20 . 3 . 55A . 10.26879/776 . free.
3. Matthew R. Borths . Nancy J. Stevens . 2019 . Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 . 1 . e1570222 . 10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222. 2019JVPal..39E0222B . 145972918 .
4. Floréal Solé . Bernard Marandat . Fabrice Lihoreau . 2020 . The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian . Geodiversitas . 42 . 13 . 185–214 . 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13 . 219585388 . free .