Protursus

Protursus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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
Synonyms
  • Simocyon simpsoni

Protursus is a fossil genus of ailurid with a single species Protursus simpsoni, known from a single left m2 tooth.