Metasinopa
Extinct genus of mammals
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Metasinopa ("next to Sinopa") is an extinct genus of hyaenodonts from extinct family Teratodontidae that lived during the early Oligocene in Egypt (northern Africa).
| Metasinopa Temporal range: Early Oligocene | |
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| lower jaw of Metasinopa fraasii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Teratodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Teratodontinae |
| Genus: | †Metasinopa Osborn, 1909[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Metasinopa fraasi Osborn, 1909[1] | |
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Taxonomy
Although Metasinopa fraasi is the only unambiguous species of the genus, the early Miocene species Metasinopa napaki from Uganda was originally assigned to Metasinopa by Savage (1965), but was later moved to Paracynohyaenodon by van Valen (1967), and is now assigned to the Miocene Anasinopa, as A. napaki.[6] "Sinopa" ethiopica has been assigned to Metasinopa following Savage (1965), but may be its own genus considering its younger age relative to M. fraasi.[7]
