Proviverridae Temporal range: Eocene
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Fossil of Lesmesodon edingeri | |
Skull of Proviverra typica | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | †Hyaenodontoidea |
Family: | †Proviverridae Schlosser, 1886[1] |
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†Proviverra Rütimeyer, 1862
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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.[6][7][8]