Proviverrinae

Proviverrinae; Temporal range: 56.0–34.0 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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Clade:	†Proviverrinae; Schlosser, 1886
Type genus
	†Proviverra; Rütimeyer, 1862
Genera
	[see classification]
Synonyms
	list of synonyms: Proviverrida (Haeckel, 1895) ; Proviverridae (Schlosser, 1886) ; Proviverrini (Van Valen, 1965) ; Stypolophinae (Trouessart, 1885) ;

Proviverrinae ("before civets") is an extinct clade of placental mammals within superfamily Hyaenodontoidea in extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Eocene deposits in Europe.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Their decline was thought to have been the result with of competition with carnivorans, hyaenodontines, and hyainailourines.^[9]^[10]

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Proviverrinae Temporal range: 56.0–34.0 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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Clade:	†Proviverrinae Schlosser, 1886^[1]
Type genus
†Proviverra Rütimeyer, 1862
Genera
[see classification]
Synonyms
list of synonyms: Proviverrida (Haeckel, 1895)^[2] Proviverridae (Schlosser, 1886) Proviverrini (Van Valen, 1965)^[3] Stypolophinae (Trouessart, 1885)^[4]