Hoplophoneus primaevus Leidy & Owen, 1851: Jaw

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Object Details

Collector

John Evans

Geologic Age

Cenozoic / Paleogene / Oligocene / Orellan

Record Last Modified

4 Aug 2025

Skeletal Morphology

Skull elements, partial lower jaw

Stratigraphy

White River Group / Brule Fm

Collection Date

1849

USNM Number

V99

Type Citation

Scott, W. B., Jepsen, G. L. 1936. Am.Philos.Soc.Trans. 28,pt.1 : 135.

Leidy. 1871. U.S.Geol.Geogr.Survey Terr.Rept. 343.

Leidy. 1869. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Jour. 7,ser.2 : 54.

Leidy. 1852. Rept.Geol.Survey Wisconsin, Iowa And Minnesota. 564-566, pl.12a,f.5.

Leidy. 1854. Smithsonian Contr.Knowledge. 6 : 95-99, pl.18,f.1-5.

Leidy, Owen. 1851. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Proc. 239.

Leidy. 1854. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Proc. 7 : 156.

Thorpe, M. R. 1920. Am.Jour.Sci. 50 : 208-209, 210.

Simpson, G. G. 1941. Am.Mus.Novitates. (n.1123): 1-21.

Sinclair, J. H. 1924. Am.Philos.Soc.Proc. 63 (n.1): 116.

Harksen, MacDonald. 1969. South Dakota Geol.Survey Rept.Inv. (n.o.99): 18.

Adams, G. I. 1896. Am.Naturalist. 30 : 49, pl.1,f.3.

Cope. 1880. Am.Naturalist. 14 (n.12): 850.

Type Status

type

holotype

Place

South Dakota, United States, North America

Published Name

Hoplophoneus primaevus Leidy & Owen, 1851

Machairodus primaevus (Leidy & Owen, 1851)

Drepanodon primaevus (Leidy, 1857)

Hoplophoneus primaevus latidens Thorpe

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Paleogeneral

Types: Mammals Terrestrial

Mammalia Primary Type

Paleobiology

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Carnivora Felidae

Data Source

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e87ce5f3-8ff6-437a-a6a5-4cd3f5e7dcb9

Record ID

nmnhpaleobiology_3428388