Proviverra ("before civet") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Proviverridae within extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea (in extinct order Hyaenodonta), that lived during the Middle Eocene in Europe.[4][5][6]

Proviverra
Temporal range: 46.3–41.2 Ma Middle Eocene
Proviverra typica skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: Hyaenodontoidea
Subfamily: Proviverrinae
Genus: Proviverra
Rutimeyer, 1862
Type species
Proviverra typica
Rutimeyer, 1862[1]
Synonyms[2]
synonyms of genus:
  • Prorhyzaena (Rütimeyer, 1891)[3]
synonyms of species:
  • P. typica:
    • Prorhyzaena egerkingiae (Rütimeyer, 1891)

References

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  1. ^ Rütimeyer, L. (1862.) "Eocaene Säugetiere aus dem Gebiet des Schweizerischen Jura." Neue Denkschriften der allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 19, 1–98.
  2. ^ J. Alroy (2002.) "Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals."
  3. ^ Rütimeyer L. (1891.) "Die eocäne Säugethier-Welt von Egerkingen. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft, 18, 1–153.
  4. ^ H. W. Matthes (1952.) "I. Abhandlung: Die Creodontier aus der mitteleozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltals (I. Part: The Creodonta from the Middle Eocene of Geiseltal)." Hallesches Jahrbuch für mitteldeutsche Erdgeschichte 1:201-240
  5. ^ "Proviverra". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  6. ^ Morgane Dubied; Floréal Solé; Bastien Mennecart (2019). "The cranium of Provierra typica (Mammalia, Hyaenodonta) and its impact on hyaenodont phylogeny and endocranial evolution". Palaeontology. 62 (6): 983–1001. Bibcode:2019Palgy..62..983D. doi:10.1111/pala.12437. S2CID 201310577.