Hoplophoneus Mentalis Left Side with Brain Endocast

Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair 1921 (false sabre-tooth)

Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1921. A new Hoplophoneus from the Titanotherium Beds. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 60:96-98

See also Bryant 1996, Clark and Beerbower 1967, Emry 1992, Hough 1949, Jepsen 1933, Scott and Jepsen 1936, Simpson 1941 and Sinclair 1921

Type specimens:

• Hoplophoneus mentalis: P.U. No. 12515, a mandible (left ramus of the lower jaw).
  
• Hoplophoneus oharrai: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
  

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Age range: 37.2 to 33.9 Ma