Parvavorodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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|fossil_range = {{fossil_range|49.3|45.7}} early to middle Eocene

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|taxon = Parvavorodon

|authority = Solé et al., 2013{{cite journal |last1=Solé |first1=F. |last2=Lhuillier |first2=J. |last3=Adaci |first3=M. |last4=Bensalah |first4=M. |last5=Mahboubi |first5=M. |last6=Tabuce |first6=R. |title=The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=12 |issue=3 |year=2013 |pages=303–322 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2013.795196}}

|type_species = †Parvavorodon gheerbranti

|type_species_authority = Solé et al., 2013

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Parvavorodon ("small devouring tooth") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North Africa (Morocco and Algeria) from the early to middle Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species P. gheerbranti.

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Category:Hyaenodonts

Category:Prehistoric mammals of Africa

Category:Prehistoric mammal genera