Carnivoramorpha

Carnivoramorpha Temporal range: 66.043–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early Paleocene to present
Diversity of Carnivorans
Viverravus gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Mirorder:	Ferae
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha Wyss & Flynn, 1993
Subgroups
[see classification]

Carnivoramorpha ("carnivora-shaped") is a clade of placental mammals that includes the modern order Carnivora and its extinct stem-relatives.

Classification and phylogeny[]

Traditional classification[]

• Clade: Carnivoramorpha [Carnivora + all basal clades to Carnivora, but without Creodonts]
  • Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
    • Suborder: Caniformia ("dog-like" carnivorans)
    • Suborder: Feliformia ("cat-like" carnivorans)
    • Incertae sedis:
      • Genus: †Palaeogale
  • Superfamily: †Miacoidea
    • Family: †Miacidae
    • Family: †Viverravidae
    • Incertae sedis:
      • †
  • Incertae sedis:
    • Genus: †Ictidopappus
    • Genus: †
    • †Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 31176)

Revised classification[]

Recent phylogenetic studies indicate that the superfamily Miacoidea and family Miacidae are paraphyletic, with "miacids" being more closely related to carnivorans than to viverravids. In 2010 Flynn, Finarelli & Spaulding named a new clade Carnivoraformes within Carnivoramorpha, containing carnivorans and "miacids" but not viverravids.^[1] The authors defined Carnivoraformes as the clade containing Carnivora and all taxa that are more closely related to Carnivora (represented by Canis lupus) than to viverravids (represented by Viverravus gracilis).

• Clade: Carnivoramorpha
  • Clade: Carnivoraformes (Carnivora and stem-relatives)
  • Superfamily: †Viverravoidea
    • Family: †Viverravidae
  • Incertae sedis:
    • Genus: †
    • †Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 31176)
    • †Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 50993 & UALVP 50994)
    • †Carnivoramorpha sp. (USNM 538395)
    • †

Phylogenetic tree[]

The phylogenetic relationships of Carnivoramorpha are shown in the following cladogram:^{[2][1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

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.” [1]
• Benton, Michael J. and Philip C.J. Donoghue. (2007). “Paleontological Evidence to Date the Tree of Life.” Dating the Tree of Life 31. [2]
• 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. [3]
• 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 Palaeontology, 3: 1-28. Abstract: [4]
• Haaramo, Mikko. (2005). “Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Carnivoramorpha - Carnivores and relatives.” Retrieved February 17, 2007, from: [5]
• 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.
• John J. Flynn; John A. Finarelli; Michelle Spaulding (2010). "Phylogeny of the Carnivora and Carnivoramorpha, and the use of the fossil record to enhance understanding of evolutionary transformations". In Anjali Goswami; Anthony Friscia (eds.). Carnivoran evolution. New views on phylogeny, form and function. Cambridge University Press. pp. 25–63. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139193436.003. ISBN 9781139193436.

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