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Taxonomy
Proviverra was named by Rütimeyer (1862). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Proviverrinae.
It was assigned to Oxyaenidae by Cope (1880) and Cope (1880); to Proviverridae by Scott (1892) and Hay (1902); to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by Rutimeyer (1862), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Solé et al. (2009); and to Proviverrinae by Peigné et al. (2007), Solé (2013), Solé et al. (2014) and Solé and Mennecart (2019).
It was assigned to Oxyaenidae by Cope (1880) and Cope (1880); to Proviverridae by Scott (1892) and Hay (1902); to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by Rutimeyer (1862), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Solé et al. (2009); and to Proviverrinae by Peigné et al. (2007), Solé (2013), Solé et al. (2014) and Solé and Mennecart (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Proviverra Rutimeyer |
| 1862 | Proviverra Rütimeyer |
| 1880 | Proviverra Cope |
| 1891 | Prorhyzaena Rutimeyer |
| 1892 | Proviverra Scott p. 311 |
| 1902 | Proviverra Hay p. 753 |
| 1919 | Mimocyon Peterson p. 48 |
| 1952 | Geiselotherium Matthes pp. 225-226 figs. 49-53 |
| 1967 | Proviverra Van Valen |
| 1982 | Mimocyon Flynn and Galiano p. 35 |
| 1997 | Proviverra McKenna and Bell |
| 2007 | Proviverra Peigné et al. p. 453 |
| 2009 | Proviverra Solé et al. |
| 2013 | Proviverra Solé |
| 2014 | Proviverra Solé et al. |
| 2019 | Proviverra Solé and Mennecart |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Proviverra Rütimeyer 1862
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†Proviverra americana Scott 1892
†Proviverra americanus Scott 1892
†Proviverra edingeri Springhorn 1982
†Proviverra longipes Peterson 1919
†Proviverra typica Rütimeyer 1862
Invalid names: Geiselotherium Matthes 1952 [synonym], Mimocyon Peterson 1919 [synonym], Prorhyzaena Rutimeyer 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. W. Matthes 1952 (Geiselotherium) | The anterior P without big diastemas; lower M2,3 equal in length, trigonid of lower M3 higher than that of lower M2; lower P4 without cutting talonid; lower P1 has two roots; relative small (lower M1-3 19 mm); talonids basin-like, does not take part in cutting; metaconids not very small; molars not tight together; P not reduced and not tight; lower P4 has two roots, biggest tooth of P; cusps of triconids pointed; paraconid higher than metaconid; lower M1-3 with metaconids; talonid of lower M3 not reduced to small cusp; trigonids of molars well developed, not low. |
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | P. typica (182519) | |
| MP 10 | Spain (Catalonia) | P. sp. (182236) | |
| Lutetian | France (Alsace Region) | P. typica (31609) | |
| Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Geiselotherium pilzi, Geiselotherium robustum (45747) P. gracilis, P. pilzi, P. typica, Geiselotherium pilzi, Geiselotherium robustum (45001) P. typica (13322) | |
| Uintan | USA (Utah) | Mimocyon longipes (16607) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Baselland) | P. typica (31719) | |
| Bartonian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Carnivora indet. (40358) | |
| Bartonian | France (Picardie Region) | P. sp. (12847) |