Sinopinae Temporal range: Eocene Early to Middle | |
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Skeleton of Sinopa major | |
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lower jaw of Prototomus secundarius | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Clade: | † Sinopinae Solé, 2013 [1] |
Type genus | |
† Sinopa Leidy, 1871 | |
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Sinopinae ("swift foxes") [4] is an extinct clade of predatory placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to middle Eocene deposits in North America, Europe and Asia. [5] [6] [7] [8]
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