Proviverrinae

Proviverrinae; Temporal range: 57.0–34.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N 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) ;

Proviverrinae ("before civets") is an extinct subfamily of placental mammals within the extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Eocene deposits in Europe.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Classification and phylogeny[edit]

Taxonomy[edit]

Subamily: †Proviverrinae (Wortman, 1902)
- Genus: †Minimovellentodon (Solé, 2014)
  - †Minimovellentodon russelli (Solé, 2014)
- Genus: †Morlodon (Solé, 2013)
  - †Morlodon vellerei (Solé, 2013)
- Genus: †Parvagula (Lange-Badré, 1987)
  - †Parvagula palulae (Lange-Badré, 1987)
- Genus: †Allopterodon (Ginsburg, 1977)
  - †Allopterodon bulbosus (Lange-Badré, 1979)
  - †Allopterodon minor (Filhol, 1877)
  - †Allopterodon torvidus (Van Valen, 1965)
- Genus: †Lesmesodon (Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999)
  - †Lesmesodon behnkeae (Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999)
  - †Lesmesodon edingeri (Springhorn, 1982)
  - †Lesmesodon gunnelli (Solé, 2021)
- Genus: †Proviverra (Rütimeyer, 1862)
  - †Proviverra typica (Rütimeyer, 1862)

References[edit]

^ Schlosser, M. (1886.) "Paläontologische Notizen. Über das Verhältnis der Cope’schen Creodonta zu den übrigen Fleischfressern." Morphologische Jahrbuch 12: 287–294.
^ Haeckel, Ernst (1895). Systematische Phylogenie: Wirbelthiere (in German). Vol. T.3. Berlin: G. Reimer.
^ W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
^ Van Valen, Leigh (1965). "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)" (PDF). Palaeontology. 8: 638–665.
^ Trouessart, E. L. (1885.) "Note sur le classification des Analgésiens et diagnoses d'espèces et de genres nouveaux." Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques d'Angers, 14, 46–89. [Publ. February, 1885. for year 1884.]
^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ Floréal Solé (2013). "New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (4): 375–398. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.686927. S2CID 84734979.
^ Floréal Solé; Jocelyn Falconnet; Laurent Yves (2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (4): 878–917. doi:10.1111/zoj.12155.

[1] Schlosser, M. (1886.) "Paläontologische Notizen. Über das Verhältnis der Cope’schen Creodonta zu den übrigen Fleischfressern." Morphologische Jahrbuch 12: 287–294.

[2] Haeckel, Ernst (1895). Systematische Phylogenie: Wirbelthiere (in German). Vol. T.3. Berlin: G. Reimer.

[3] W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

[4] Van Valen, Leigh (1965). "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)" (PDF). Palaeontology. 8: 638–665.

[5] Trouessart, E. L. (1885.) "Note sur le classification des Analgésiens et diagnoses d'espèces et de genres nouveaux." Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques d'Angers, 14, 46–89. [Publ. February, 1885. for year 1884.]

[McKenna_&_Bell-6] McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[7] Floréal Solé (2013). "New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (4): 375–398. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.686927. S2CID 84734979.

[ZJLS14proviverrines-8] Floréal Solé; Jocelyn Falconnet; Laurent Yves (2014). "New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (4): 878–917. doi:10.1111/zoj.12155.

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