Prodaphaenus

Prodaphaenus Temporal range: 45.7–42.8  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Eocene
part of lower jaw of Prodaphaenus uintensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	† Prodaphaenus Wortman & Matthew, 1899 [1]
Type species
†Prodaphaenus uintensis (Osborn, 1895) [2]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: P. uintensis: Miacis uintensis(Osborn, 1895)

Prodaphaenus ("before Daphoenus ") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
2. H. F. Osborn (1895) "Fossil mammals of the Uinta Basin. Expedition of 1894." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(2):71-105
3. 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.
4. J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN   9780521355193