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]