Sinopa pungens Cope 1872 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Alternative combinations: Proviverra pungens, Stypolophus pungens

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-3

Belongs to Sinopa according to M. Morlo et al. 2014

See also Cope 1871, Cope 1872, Gazin 1976, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew and Granger 1915, Scott 1892, Van Valen 1965 and Wortman 1902

Sister taxa: Sinopa aculeatus, Sinopa ethiopica, Sinopa eximia, Sinopa grangeri, Sinopa insectivorus, Sinopa jilinia, Sinopa lania, Sinopa major, Sinopa minor, Sinopa rapax, Sinopa viverrinus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sinopa pungens in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.