Proviverra

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.

Proviverra
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Proviverra typica skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: Hyaenodontoidea
Family: Proviverridae
Genus: Proviverra
Rutimeyer, 1862
Type species
Proviverra typica
Rutimeyer, 1862
Synonyms
synonyms of genus:
  • Prorhyzaena (Rütimeyer, 1891)
synonyms of species:
  • P. typica:
    • Prorhyzaena egerkingiae (Rütimeyer, 1891)
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