Prodaphaenus

Prodaphaenus
Temporal range: middle Eocene
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
Type species
Prodaphaenus uintensis
Osborn, 1895
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.