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DeutschPlioviverrops
| Plioviverrops | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | †Plioviverrops Kretzoi, 1938 |
| Synonyms | |
| Jourdanictis | |
Plioviverrops is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, endemic to Southern Europe during the Late Miocene subepoch (11.6—5.3 mya) existing for approximately 6.3 million years.[1] It was named by Kretzoi in 1938, and assigned to Hyaenidae by Flynn in 1998.[2]
Resources[edit]
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Plioviverrops, basic info
- ^ J. J. Flynn. 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America
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