Temporal range: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene 35–29 Ma
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H. primaevus skeleton, Zurich natural history museum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Family:
†Nimravidae
Subfamily:
†Hoplophoninae
Genus:
†Hoplophoneus Cope, 1874
Species
H. cerebralis (Cope, 1880)
H. dakotensis (Hatcher, 1895)
H. oharrai (Jepsen, 1926)
H. occidentalis (Leidy, 1866)
H. primaevus (Leidy, 1851) (type)
H. sicarius (Sinclair and Jepsen, 1927)
H. strigidens (Cope 1878)
Synonyms
H. oreodontis
Hoplophoneus (Greek: "murder" (phonos), "weapon" (hoplo)[1]) is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae, endemic to North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs (35–29 mya), existing for approximately 6 million years.[2]
^"Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
^Turner, Alan. National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals. National Geographic, 2004., pp.120-121
all North American species of Eusmilus were placed in Hoplophoneus by Paul Z. Barrett. Hoplophoneus, though not a true cat, was similar to cats in outward...
synonymized with Eusmilus by some authors, but is actually synonymous with Hoplophoneus. The third species, E. adelos, was described in 2021, and stands as the...
powerful jaws, and a long tail. It was very similar to its close relative, Hoplophoneus. The shape of its skull is reminiscent of a felid skull rather than of...
Eusmilus in regards to its anatomy. Its skull is narrower than both Hoplophoneus and Eusmilus and its sagittal crest, which is smaller, separates into...
chasing them down. Nimravus competed with other false sabre-tooths such as Hoplophoneus. A Nimravus skull, found in North America, had been pierced in the forehead...
of the epoch from an otter-like ancestor. Poebrotherium Merycoidodon Hoplophoneus Mesohippus Paraceratherium Paleoparadoxia Protoceras Archaeotherium Janjucetus...
lions. Due to the close relationship with the better known nimravid Hoplophoneus, Pangurban may have had a similar appearance with a stocky build and...
111 kg (245 lb), comparable to a small African lion. However, the largest Hoplophoneus was estimated at 160 kg (350 lb). The biggest saber-toothed cats are...
Image Notes †Dinictis †D. felina (type) †Nimravidae Eocene-Miocene †Hoplophoneus H. primaevus (type) H. occidentalis H. strigidens H. cerebralis H. dakotensis...
County, Oregon. Turtle Cove Member. 4 skulls. A hesperocyonine dog. Hoplophoneus H. cerebralis Turtle Cove Member. A nimravid. H. strigidens Exact stratigraphic...
Stenoplesictidae Family Nimravidae (nimravids) Genus Nimravus Genus Eusmilus Genus Hoplophoneus to be sorted Genus Lokotunjailurus Paleocene–Recent Genus †Protobradys...
Homo erectus Homo neanderthalensis Homo sapiens Homotherium latidens Hoplophoneus mentalis Hyainailurus (misspelled as Hyainailouros) Hyaenodon dubius...
and majored in geology, graduating in 1927. His first paper was on Hoplophoneus oharrai and he continued to study and received a PhD in 1930. He then...
sapiens †Homotherium †Homotherium serum – or unidentified comparable form †Hoplophoneus †Hyaenodon †Hyaenodon venturae †Hyaenodon vetus – type locality for species...
genus †Honrovits tsuwape – type locality for species †Hoplophoneus †Hoplophoneus mentalis †Hoplophoneus primaevus †Hovenia †Hovenia oregonensis – or unidentified...