Boritia | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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[1] |
Boritia ("animal from La Borie") is anextinctgenus of placental mammals from extinct familyHyaenodontidae, that lived inFrance during the earlyEoceneepoch (Ypresian stage). It is amonotypic genus that contains thespeciesB. duffaudi.[1]