Hoplophoneus

Hoplophoneus
H. primaevus skeleton, Zurich natural history museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Nimravidae
Subfamily: †Hoplophoninae
Genus: †Hoplophoneus
Cope, 1874
Type species
Hoplophoneus primaevus
Leidy, 1851
Other Species
  • H. oharrai (Jepsen, 1926)
  • H. occidentalis (Leidy, 1866)
Synonyms

H. occidentalis

  • Dinotomius atrox Williston, 1895
  • Drepanodon occidentalis Leidy, 1866
  • Machairodus occidentalis Leidy, 1866

H. primaevus

  • Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair, 1921
  • Hoplophoneus oreodontis Cope, 1874

Hoplophoneus (Greek: "murder" (phonos), "weapon" (hoplo)) is an extinct genus of saber-toothed carnivoran belonging to the family Nimravidae, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats. The titular member of the subfamily Hoplophoninae, it is closely related to nimravids such as Eusmilus and Nanosmilus. Hoplophoneus lived in North America and Asia during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs from 35.7 to 30.5 mya, existing for approximately 5.2 million years. Including supplementary materials The genus currently consists of three named species: H. oharri, H. occidentalis, and H. primaveus.

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