Proviverra typica Rütimeyer 1862 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta

Belongs to Proviverra according to Rütimeyer 1862

See also Hay 1902 and Polly 1996

Sister taxa: Proviverra americana, Proviverra americanus, Proviverra edingeri, Proviverra longipes, Geiselotherium pilzi, Geiselotherium robustum

Type specimen: NMB Em.18, a partial skull. Its type locality is Egerkingen, gamma fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections), Germany (2), Switzerland (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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