| Protursus Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ailuridae |
| Subfamily: | †Simocyoninae |
| Genus: | †Protursus Crusafont and Kurtén, 1976 |
| Type species | |
| †Protursus simpsoni Crusafont and Kurtén, 1976
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Protursus is a fossil genus of ailurid with a single species Protursus simpsoni, known from a single left m2 tooth.[1]
- ^ Morlo, Michael; Peigné, Stéphane (2010). "Molecular and morphological evidence for Ailuridae and a review of its genera". Carnivoran Evolution. p. 121. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139193436.005. ISBN 9780521515290.