Carnivoramorpha ("carnivoran-like forms") is a
clade
In biology, a clade (), also known as a Monophyly, monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach t ...
of
placental mammals of clade
Pan-Carnivora from mirorder
Ferae, that includes the modern order
Carnivora and its
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
stem-relatives.
[Bryant, H.N., and M. Wolson (2004]
“Phylogenetic Nomenclature of Carnivoran Mammals.”
''First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting''. Paris, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
General characteristics
The common feature for members of this clade is the presence of the
carnassial teeth. The carnassial teeth of the Carnivoramorpha are upper
premolar P4 and lower
molar m1.
[Floréal Solé & Thierry Smith (2013.]
"Dispersals of placental carnivorous mammals (Carnivoramorpha, Oxyaenodonta & Hyaenodontida) near the Paleocene-Eocene boundary: a climatic and almost worldwide story"
Geologica Belgica 16/4: 254-261
Classification and phylogeny
Traditional classification
Revised classification
Recent phylogenetic studies indicate that the superfamily
Miacoidea and family
Miacidae are
paraphyletic
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...
, 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.
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'').
See also
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Mammal classification
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Ferae
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Miacoidea
References
Further reading
* C. M. Janis, J. A. Baskin, A. Berta, J. J. Flynn, G. F. Gunnell, R. M. Hunt jr., L. D. Martin, and K. Munthe (1998.) "Carnivorous mammals." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (''eds.''
"Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals."Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
* K. D. Rose and J. D. Archibold (2005
"The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades" Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press
* K. D. Rose and J. D. Archibold (2005
"Womb with a View: the Rise of Placentals."In: K. D. Rose and J. D. Archibol
"The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades" Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press
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* Stiles, David P. (2005
investigation of the ''Vulpes'' and ''Urocyon'' phylogenetic classification: Feliformia or Caniformia?”Fox Phylogeny. Vertebrate Evolution – Fall 2005, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
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* Wesley-Hunt, Gina D. (2005
“The Morphological Diversification of Carnivores in North America.”Paleobiology. Vol. 31, Issue 1, pp. 35–55.
* Benton, Michael J. and Philip C. J. Donoghue (2007
“Paleontological Evidence to Date the Tree of Life.” Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 26–53
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* Susumu Tomiya, Shawn P. Zack, Michelle Spaulding and John J. Flynn (2019.) "Carnivorous mammals from the Middle Eocene Washakie formation, Wyoming, U.S.A., and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world", in
"The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 79th annual meeting"*
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Mammal unranked clades