Sinopa

Sinopa ("swift fox") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Sinopidae within extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North America and Asia from the early to middle Eocene.

Sinopa
Temporal range: Early to Middle Eocene
Sinopa major skeleton
Sinopa rapax skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Sinopidae
Genus: Sinopa
Leidy, 1871
Type species
Sinopa rapax
Leidy, 1871
Species
  • S. jilinia (Morlo, 2014)
  • S. lania (Matthew, 1909)
  • S. longipes (Peterson, 1919)
  • S. major (Wortman, 1902)
  • S. minor (Wortman, 1902)
  • S. piercei (Bown, 1982)
  • S. pungens (Cope, 1872)
  • S. rapax (Leidy, 1871)
Synonyms
synonyms of genus:
  • Mimocyon (Peterson, 1919)
  • Proviverroides (Bown, 1982)
  • Stypolophus (Cope, 1872)
  • Triacodon (Marsh, 1871)
synonyms of species:
  • S. longipes:
    • Miacis longipes (Simpson, 1945)
    • Mimocyon longipes (Peterson, 1919)
    • Proviverra longipes (Dawson, 1980)
  • S. major:
    • Proviverra grangeri (Van Valen, 1965)
    • Proviverra major (Gustafson, 1986)
    • Sinopa grangeri (Matthew, 1906)
  • S. minor:
    • Proviverra minor (Van Valen, 1965)
  • S. piercei:
    • Proviverroides piercei (Bown, 1982)
  • S. pungens:
    • Proviverra pungens (Van Valen, 1965)
    • Stypolophus pungens (Cope, 1872)
  • S. rapax:
    • Proviverra rapax (Van Valen, 1965)
    • Sinopa aculeatus (Cope, 1871)
    • Stypolophus aculeatus (Cope, 1872)
    • Stypolophus rapax
    • Triacodon aculeatus (Cope, 1872)
    • Triacodon fallax (Marsh, 1872)
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