Sinopa

Sinopa; Temporal range: 50.5–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N 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); ;

Sinopa ("swift fox")^[12] 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.^[13]^[14]

Description

Sinopa was a small genus of hyaenodontid mammals. Its carnassial teeth were the second upper molar and the lower third. Sinopa species had an estimated weight of 1.33 to 13.97 kilograms.^[15] The type specimen was found in the Bridger formation in Uinta County, Wyoming, and existed 50.3 to 46.2 million years ago.

Taxonomy

The putative African species "Sinopa" ethiopica from Egypt was considered a species of Metasinopa by Savage (1965), although Holroyd (1994) considered it a potential new genus related to Quasiapterodon.^[16]

References

Media related to Sinopa at Wikimedia Commons

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Sinopa Temporal range: 50.5–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N 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)^[1] †S. lania (Matthew, 1909)^[2] †S. longipes (Peterson, 1919)^[3] †S. major (Wortman, 1902)^[4] †S. minor (Wortman, 1902) †S. piercei (Bown, 1982)^[5] †S. pungens (Cope, 1872)^[6] †S. rapax (Leidy, 1871)^[7]
Synonyms^[8]
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)^[9] Proviverra major (Gustafson, 1986)^[10] 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)^[11] Stypolophus aculeatus (Cope, 1872) Stypolophus rapax Triacodon aculeatus (Cope, 1872) Triacodon fallax (Marsh, 1872)