Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Full reference: 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
Belongs to Sinopa according to M. R. Borths et al. 2016
See also Morlo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Sinopa aculeatus, Sinopa ethiopica, Sinopa eximia, Sinopa grangeri, Sinopa insectivorus, Sinopa lania, Sinopa major, Sinopa minor, Sinopa pungens, Sinopa rapax, Sinopa viverrinus
Type specimen: RCPS-CAMHD06-001, a mandible. Its type locality is Gonglantou Oil Shale Mine, which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp shale/coal in the Huadian Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gonglantou Oil Shale Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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