Carnivoramorpha
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
- Order Carnivora
*|?- †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
- Archibold, J.D., and K.D. Rose. (2005). “Womb with a View: the Rise of Placentals.”
- Benton, Michael J. and Philip C.J. Donoghue. (2007). “Paleontological Evidence to Date the Tree of Life.” Dating the Tree of Life 31.
- Bryant, H.N., and M. Wolson (2004) “Phylogenetic Nomenclature of Carnivoran Mammals.” First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting. Paris, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, July 6–9, 2004.
- 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:
- Haaramo, Mikko. (2005). “Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Carnivoramorpha - Carnivores and relatives.” Retrieved February 17, 2007, from:
- 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.
- Wesley-Hunt, Gina D. (2006). “The Morphological Diversification of Carnivores in North America.” Paleobiology. Vol. 31, Issue 1, pp. 35–55.
- 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.
