Carnivoramorpha facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carnivoramorpha Temporal range: 66.043–0Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N early Paleocene - present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Ferae
(unranked):	Carnivoramorpha
Subgroups
Viverravidae Carnivoraformes Miacidae Carnivora Caniformia Feliformia

Carnivoramorpha are a clade of mammals that includes the modern order Carnivora. It is basal to the Carnivora but does not include the Creodonts, which are a separate order.

Classification & phylogeny

• Superfamily †Miacoidea
  • Family †Miacidae
    • genera: Chailicyon, Eostictis, Miacis, Miocyon, Oodectes, Palaearctonyx, Paramiacis, Paroodectes, Prodaphaemus, Quercygale, Tapocyon, Uintacyon, Vassacyon, Vulpavus, Xinyuictis, Ziphacodon
  • Family †Viverravidae
    • genera: Bryanictis, Didymictis, Ictidopappus, Pristinictis, Protictis, Raphictis, Simpsonictis, Viverravus
• Order Carnivora
  • Superfamily Caniformia or Canoidea
  • Superfamily Feliformia or Feloidea

See also

In Spanish: Carnivoramorpha para niños