Plioviverrops
| Plioviverrops Temporal range: Middle Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | † Plioviverrops Kretzoi, 1938 |
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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]
Taxonomy
Plioviverrops was named by Kretzoi (1938). It was assigned to Hyaenidae by Flynn (1998).[2]
Sister genera
Adcrocuta (syn. Hyena), Allohyaena, Chasmaporthetes (syn. Ailuraena), Crocuta, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Ictitherium, Leecyaena, Lycyaena, Miohyaena, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Pliocrocuta, Protictitherium, Thalassictis (syn. Palhyaena), Tungurictis.
Resources
- ↑ 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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