Boritia
| Boritia Temporal range: early Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyaenodontoidea |
| Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
| Genus: | †Boritia Solé et. al., 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Boritia duffaudi Solé et. al., 2014[1] | |
Boritia ("animal from La Borie") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae, that lived in France during the early Eocene epoch (Ypresian stage). It is a monotypic genus that contains the species B. duffaudi.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Solé, Floréal; Falconnet, Jocelyn; Yves, Laurent (24 July 2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae: Evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (4): 878–917. doi:10.1111/zoj.12155. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Wiley Online Library.