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Sinopidae
Extinct family of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sinopidae ("swift foxes")[3] is an extinct family 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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Sinopidae | |
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Skeleton of Sinopa major | |
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lower jaw of Prototomus secundarius | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Family: | †Sinopidae Solé, 2013[1] |
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†Sinopa Leidy, 1871 | |
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