From the album: Hoplophoneus Mentalis
Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair 1921 (false sabre-tooth)
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Nimravidae
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
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