Plioviverrops

Plioviverrops
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Plioviverrops, basic info
  2. ^ 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