Plioviverrops
PlioviverropsPlioviverropsPlioviverrops (†Plioviverrops (Kretzoi, 1938))
Order: Carnivora
Family: Hyaenidae
Time period: Late Miocene in Southern Europe
Size: 80 cm in length, 35 cm in height, 8-20 kg of weight
Typical representative: Plioviverrops orbignyi
Plioviverrops is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, endemic to Southern Europe during the Late Miocene subepoch existing for approximately 6.3 million years. It was named by Kretzoi in 1938, and assigned to Hyaenidae by Flynn in 1998.
Plioviverrops (†Plioviverrops (Kretzoi, 1938))
Order: Carnivora
Family: Hyaenidae
Time period: Late Miocene in Southern Europe
Size: 80 cm in length, 35 cm in height, 8-20 kg of weight
Typical representative: Plioviverrops orbignyi
Plioviverrops is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, endemic to Southern Europe during the Late Miocene subepoch existing for approximately 6.3 million years. It was named by Kretzoi in 1938, and assigned to Hyaenidae by Flynn in 1998.
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