Hoplophoneus

Hoplophoneus; Temporal range: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
	H. primaevus skeleton, Zurich natural history museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Nimravidae
Subfamily:	†Hoplophoninae
Genus:	†Hoplophoneus; Cope, 1874
Species
	H. cerebralis (Cope, 1880); H. dakotensis (Hatcher, 1895); H. oharrai (Jepsen, 1926); H. occidentalis (Leidy, 1866); H. primaevus (Leidy, 1851) (type); H. sicarius (Sinclair and Jepsen, 1927); H. strigidens (Cope 1878);
Synonyms
	H. oreodontis;

Hoplophoneus (Greek: "murder" (phonos), "weapon" (hoplo)^[1]) is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae, endemic to North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs (35–29 mya), existing for approximately 6 million years.^[2]

^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
^ Turner, Alan. National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals. National Geographic, 2004., pp.120-121

Hoplophoneus Temporal range: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene

H. primaevus skeleton, Zurich natural history museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Nimravidae
Subfamily:	†Hoplophoninae
Genus:	†Hoplophoneus Cope, 1874
Species
H. cerebralis (Cope, 1880) H. dakotensis (Hatcher, 1895) H. oharrai (Jepsen, 1926) H. occidentalis (Leidy, 1866) H. primaevus (Leidy, 1851) (type) H. sicarius (Sinclair and Jepsen, 1927) H. strigidens (Cope 1878)
Synonyms
H. oreodontis