Proviverridae

Proviverridae; Temporal range: Early to Late Eocene
	Fossil of Lesmesodon edingeri
	Skull of Proviverra typica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Family:	†Proviverridae; Schlosser, 1886
Type genus
	†Proviverra; Rütimeyer, 1862
Genera
	†Minimovellentodon; †Morlodon; †Parvagula; (unranked): †Allopterodon/Proviverra clade †Allopterodon; †Lesmesodon; †Proviverra; ;
Synonyms
	list of synonyms: Proviverrida (Haeckel, 1895) ; Proviverrinae (Matthew, 1909) ; Proviverrini (Van Valen, 1965) ; Stypolophinae (Trouessart, 1885) ;

Proviverridae ("before civets") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea within extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Eocene deposits in Europe.

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