Boritia

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:Hyaenodontoidea
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[1]

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.[1]

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