Carnivoramorpha
Carnivoramorpha are a clade of mammals that includes the modern order Carnivora.[1][2] It is basal to the Carnivora but does not include the Creodonts, which are a separate order.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Ferungulata |
| Clade: | Ferae |
| Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
| Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
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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
- Family †Miacidae
- Order Carnivora
- Superfamily Caniformia or Canoidea
- Superfamily Feliformia or Feloidea
Carnivoramorpha Media
Patriofelis ferox by R. B. Horsfall (coloured)
Hyaenodon_horridus_by_R._B._Horsfall_(coloured)
Vulpavus (Phlaodectes) ovatus (coloured)
Dormaalocyon-latouri (white background)
Miacis restoration based on Genetta servalina, with limbs modified to resemble Procyon
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References
- ↑ 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. [1] Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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: [2] Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine