Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Alternative combination: Eusmilus sicarius
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair and G. L. Jepsen. 1927. The skull of Eusmilus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 66:391-407
Belongs to Hoplophoneus according to P. Z. Barrett 2016
See also Bryant 1984, Bryant 1996, Jepsen 1933 and Sinclair and Jepsen 1927
Sister taxa: Hoplophoneus cerebralis, Hoplophoneus crassidens, Hoplophoneus dakotensis, Hoplophoneus occidentalis, Hoplophoneus oharrai, Hoplophoneus primaevus, Hoplophoneus strigidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pinnacles Overlook, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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