Protursus Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]