''Proviverra'' ("before
civet") is an
extinct
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genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
proviverid hyaenodont
Hyaenodonta ("hyena teeth") is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental pan-carnivoran mammals from mirorder Ferae. Hyaenodonts were important mammalian predators that arose during the early Paleocene in Europe and persisted well into the ...
that lived during the Middle
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...
in
Europe
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.
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of genus ''Proviverra'' are shown in the following cladogram.
See also
*
Mammal classification
*
Proviverridae
References
Hyaenodonts
Eocene mammals of Europe
Prehistoric placental genera
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