Boritia

Boritia; Temporal range: 55.2–50.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ early Eocene
Scientific 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

Last updated August 17, 2025

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]

References

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.

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[Boritia-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.

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