Proviverra Rütimeyer 1862 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta

Synonyms: Geiselotherium Matthes 1952, Mimocyon Peterson 1919, Prorhyzaena Rutimeyer 1891

Parent taxon: Proviverrinae according to F. Solé and B. Mennecart 2019

See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, Dawson 1980, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hay 1902, Matthes 1952, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peigné et al. 2007, Peterson 1919, Scott 1892, Solé 2013, Solé et al. 2009, Solé et al. 2014 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Alienetherium, Allopterodon, Consobrinus, Lesmesodon, Minimovellentodon, Morlodon, Paenoxyaenoides, Parvagula, Praecodens

Subtaxa: Geiselotherium pilzi Geiselotherium robustum Proviverra americana Proviverra americanus Proviverra edingeri Proviverra longipes Proviverra typica

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (3 collections), Germany (3), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 10 collections including 15 occurrences

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