Carnivoramorpha

Carnivoramorpha Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Class:	Mammalia
(unranked):	Ferae
(unranked):	Carnivoramorpha
sub-groups
Miacoidea Miacidae Viverravidae Carnivora Caniformia Feliformia

Carnivoramorpha are a clade of mammals that includes the modern order Carnivora.

Classification and phylogeny

• Clade Carnivoramorpha (basal to Carnivora but without Creodonts)
  • Superfamily †Miacoidea
    • Family †Miacidae
      • genera: Chailicyon, Eostictis, Ictognathus, Miacis, Miocyon, Oodectes, Palaearctonyx, Paramiacis, Paroodectes, Prodaphaemus, Quercygale, Tapocyon, Uintacyon, Vassacyon, Vulpavus, Xinyuictis, Ziphacodon
    • Family †Viverravidae
      • genera: Bryanictis, Didymictis, Ictidopappus, Mustelodon, Pristinictis, Protictis, Raphictis, Simpsonictis, Viverravus
  • Order Carnivora
    • Superfamily Caniformia or Canoidea
    • Superfamily Feliformia or Feloidea

• Carnivoramorpha
  • †Aelurotherium
  • †Eosictis
  • †Elmensius
  • †Intyrictis vanvaleni
  • †Notoamphicyon
  • †Ravenictis krausei or cimolestan
  • †Vishnucyon
    • †Miacoidea (paraphyletic)
      • †Viverravidae - Viverraroidea
      • †Miacidea (paraphyletic)
        • †Oodectes
          • †Vulpavus
            • †Miacis
              • †Tapocyon
                • †Miacis sylvestris
                  • †Prohesperocyon wilsoni
              • †Quergygale angustidens
              • †Nimravidae? (very unstable position with respect to Carnivora - unresolved as of August 2007)
              • Carnivora
                • Caniformia
                • Aeluroidea

References

• Archibold, J.D., and K.D. Rose (eds.). (2005). “The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Clades.” Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8022-X
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• Flynn, John J. and Gina D. Wesley-Hunt. 2005. "Phylogeny of the Carnivora: Basal Relationships Among the Carnivoramorphans, and Assessment of the Position of 'Miacoidea' Relative to Carnivora." Journal of Systematic Paleontology, 3: 1-28. Abstract: [4]
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• Stiles, David P. (2005). “An investigation of the Vulpes and Urocyon phylogenetic classification: Feliformia or Caniformia?” Fox Phylogeny. Vertebrate Evolution – Fall 2005, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. [6]
• Wesley-Hunt, Gina D. (2006). “The Morphological Diversification of Carnivores in North America.” Paleobiology. Vol. 31, Issue 1, pp. 35–55. [7]
• Wyss, A. R. & Flynn, J. J. (1993). “A Phylogenetic Analysis and Definition of the Carnivora.” in Mammal Phylogeny – Placentals, Szalay, F.S., M.J. Novacek and M.C. McKenna (eds.). ISBN 0-387-97853-4.