Boritia

Boritia
Temporal range: 55.2–50.8 Ma early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: †Hyaenodontoidea
Family: †Hyaenodontidae
Genus: †Boritia
Solé et al., 2014
Type species
†Boritia duffaudi
Solé et al., 2014

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.

References

  1. 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.