Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Alternative combinations: Deinictis brachyops, Dinictis brachyops, Hoplophoneus brachyops, Machaerodus brachyops, Pogonodon brachyops
Synonyms: Archaelurus debilis Cope 1879, Deinictis major Lucas 1898, Dinictis major Lucas 1898, Nimravus altidens Macdonald 1950, Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen 1936, Nimravus confertus Cope 1880, Nimravus debilis Cope 1879, Nimravus gomphodus Cope 1880, Nimravus major Lucas 1898, Nimravus meridianus Stock 1933, Nimravus sectator Matthew 1907
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(102):63-78
Belongs to Nimravus according to P. Z. Barrett 2016
See also Bryant 1996, Cope 1878, Cope 1879, Cope 1879, Cope 1880, Cope 1881, Fremd 1994, Hay 1902, Lander 1983, Macdonald 1950, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Matthew 1907, Matthew 1910, Peigné 2003, Scott and Jepsen 1936, Stock 1933, Thorpe 1920 and Toohey 1959
Sister taxa: Nimravus intermedius, Nimravus mongoliensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (4: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota collections)
• Oligocene of United States (10: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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