Prodaphaenus ("before Daphoenus") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene.[3][4]
| Prodaphaenus Temporal range: middle Eocene | |
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| part of lower jaw of Prodaphaenus uintensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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