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This page includes some cladograms on the Carnivoramorpha and related material being written for use in wikipedia articles.

Spalding et al (2010)
Based on the tree in Spalding et al (2010).

Based on cladistic analysis by Wesley-Hunt & Flynn (2005), with additions as made by Wesley-Hunt & Werdelin (2005), Polly et al (2006), Spalding & Flynn (2009), Spaudling et al (2010), Tomiya (2011).

Quercygale angustidens Vivarravus acutis “Miacis” uintensis Dawsonicyon isami Lycophocyon hutchisoni (note Goswami in citation)

Sole et al (2014,2016)
Cladogram based on morphological analysis of Sole et al (2014, Figures 9 & 10), with additional species from Sole et al (2016).

Viverravidae
Taxonomy retrieved from the Paleobiology Database
 * Family †Viverravidae Wortman and Matthew 1899 (synonym: Didymictidae Flynn and Galiano 1982)
 * Genus †Didymictis Cope 1875
 * †Didymictis altidens Cope 1880
 * †Didymictis leptomylus Cope 1880
 * †Didymictis protenus Cope 1874 (synonym: Didymictis curtidens Cope 1882)
 * †Didymictis proteus Polly 1997 (synonym: Didymictis dellensis Dorr 1952)
 * †Didymictis vancleveae Robinson 1966
 * Genus †Orientictis Huang and Zheng 2005
 * †Orientictis spanios Huang and Zheng 2005
 * Genus †Preonictis Tong and Wang 2006
 * †Preonictis youngi Tong and Wang 2006
 * Genus †Protictis Matthew
 * Subgenus. †Protictis (Bryanictis) MacIntyre 1966
 * †Bryanictis microlestes Simpson 1935
 * †Bryanictis paulus Meehan and Wilson 2002
 * Subg. †Protictis (Protictis) Matthew 1937
 * Subg. †Protictis (Protictoides) Flynn and Galiano 1982
 * †Protictoides aprophatos Flynn and Galiano 1982
 * †Protictis agastor Gingerich and Winkler 1985
 * †Protictis haydenianus Cope 1882 (synonyms: Didymictis primus Cope 1884, Prolimnocyon macfaddeni Rigby, Jr. 1980)
 * †Protictis minor Meehan and Wilson 2002
 * †Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978
 * †Protictis simpsoni Meehan and Wilson 2002
 * Genus †Simpsonictis MacIntyre 1962
 * †Simpsonictis jaynanneae Rigby, Jr. 1980
 * †Simpsonictis pegus Gingerich and Winkler 1985
 * †Simpsonictis tenuis Simpson 1935
 * G. †Variviverra Tong and Wang 2006
 * †Variviverra vegetatus Tong and Wang 2006
 * Genus †Viverravus Marsh 1872
 * †Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915
 * †Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872 (type species)(synonyms: Didymictis dawkinsianus Cope 1881, Harpalodon vulpinus Marsh 1872, Triacodon fallax Marsh 1871, Ziphacodon rugatus Marsh 1872)
 * †Viverravus lawsoni Hooker 2010
 * †Viverravus laytoni Gingerich and Winkler 1985 (synonym: Viverravus bowni Gingerich 1987)
 * †Viverravus lutosus Gazin 1952
 * †Viverravus minutus Wortman 1901
 * †Viverravus nitidus Marsh 1872
 * †Viverravus politus Matthew and Granger 1915 (synonym: Protictis schaffi Gingerich and Winkler 1985)
 * †Viverravus rosei Polly 1997
 * †Viverravus sicarius Matthew 1909 (synonym: Ziphacodon Marsh 1872)
 * Genus †Viverriscus Beard and Dawson 2009
 * †Viverriscus omnivorus Beard and Dawson 2009
 * incertae sedis:
 * Deltatherium durini Van Valen 1978 [nomen dubium] (syonym: Prolimnocyon durini )
 * Prolimnocyon macfaddeni Rigby, 1980

Proviverrinae

 * Sole et al (2014, Figure 9).
 * Need to compare to tree in Sole et al (2015, Figs 6-8).

External systemtics


Miacis is the type genus of the family Miacidae, a group of primitive carnivoramorphs that appeared in North America during the Tiffanian faunal stage (corresponding to the end of Selandian and beginning of the Thanetian in the ICS Geologic timescale). Most groups of miacids remained in America, but some genera (Miacis, Paramiacis, Chailicyon, Quercygale and Pugiodens) spread to Eurasia. The miacids had a similar appearance to the Martes today.

The following genera make up the family of Miacidae:

Taxonomy

 * section added to Miacis article

Since Edward Drinker Cope first described the genus Miacis in 1872, at least twenty other species have been assigned to Miacis. However, these species share few synapomorphies other than plesiomorphic characteristics of Miacids in general. This reflects the fact that Miacis has been treated as a wastebasket taxon and contains a diverse collection of species that belong to the stemgroup within the Carnivoramorpha. Many of the species originally assigned to Miacis have since been assigned to other genera and, apart from the type species, Miacis parvivorus, the remaining species are usually referred to parenthetically (e.g. Miacis latidens). The following table lists the Miacis species in chronological order of their original description and notes the reassignments to other genera.