Carnivoramorpha

• Clade: Carnivoramorpha (basal to Carnivora but without Creodonts)
  • Superfamily: †Miacoidea
    • Family: †Miacidae
      • Genera: †Chailicyon, †Eosictis, †Miacis, †Miocyon, †Oodectes, †Palaearctonyx, †Paramiacis, †Paroodectes, †Prodaphaenus, †Quercygale, †Tapocyon, †Uintacyon, †Vassacyon, †Vulpavus and †Xinyuictis
    • Family: †Viverravidae
      • Genera: †Bryanictis, †Didymictis, †Ictidopappus, †Palaeogale, †Pappidictops, †Pristinictis, †Protictis, †Raphictis, †Simpsonictis and †Viverravus
  • Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
    • Suborder: Caniformia [or Canoidea] ("dog-like" carnivorans)
    • Suborder: Feliformia [or Feloidea] ("cat-like" carnivorans)

As 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 (Bryant, 1996)
  • Superfamily: †Viverravoidea (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
    • Family: †Viverravidae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
  • Incertae sedis:
    • Genus: †Ravenictis (Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994)
      • †Ravenictis krausei (Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994)
  • Clade: Carnivoraformes (Flynn, 2010)
    • Genus: †Africtis (Mattingly, 2020)
      • †Africtis sirtensis (Mattingly, 2020)
    • Genus: †Ceruttia (Tomiya, 2013)
      • †Ceruttia sandiegoensis (Tomiya, 2013)
    • Genus: †Dawsonicyon (Spaulding, Flynn & Stucky, 2010)
      • †Dawsonicyon isami (Spaulding, Flynn & Stucky, 2010)
    • Genus: †Miacis (Cope, 1872)
      • †Miacis parvivorus (Cope, 1872)
    • Genus: †Prodaphaenus (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
      • †Prodaphaenus uintensis (Osborn, 1895)
      • †Prodaphaenus vulpinus (Scott & Osborn, 1887)
    • Genus: †Walshius (Tomiya, 2013)
      • †Walshius pacificus (Tomiya, 2013)
    • (unranked): †Lycarion/Neovulpavus clade
      • Genus: †Lycarion (Matthew, 1909)
        • †Lycarion hargeri (Wortman, 1901)
        • †Lycarion medius (Matthew, 1909)
      • Genus: †Neovulpavus (Wortman, 1901)
        • †Neovulpavus washakius (Wortman, 1901)
    • (unranked): †Oodectes clade
      • Genus: †Eogale (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
        • †Eogale parydros (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
      • Genus: †Gracilocyon (Smith & Smith, 2010)
        • †Gracilocyon igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
        • †Gracilocyon rosei (Heinrich, 2008)
        • †Gracilocyon rundlei (Hooker, 2010)
        • †Gracilocyon solei (Smith & Smith, 2010)
        • †Gracilocyon winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)
      • Genus: †Oodectes (Wortman, 1901)
        • †Oodectes herpestoides (Wortman, 1901)
        • †Oodectes jepseni (Guthrie, 1967)
      • Genus: †Paramiacis (Mathis, 1985)
        • †Paramiacis exilis (Filhol, 1876)
        • †Paramiacis teilhardi (Mathis, 1987)
      • Genus: †Paroodectes (Springhorn, 1980)
        • †Paroodectes feisti (Springhorn, 1980)
    • (unranked): †Uintacyon clade
      • Genus: †Miocyon (Matthew, 1909)
        • †Miocyon bathygnathus (Scott, 1888)
        • †Miocyon magnus (Bryant, 1992)
        • †Miocyon major (Matthew, 1909)
        • †Miocyon scotti (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
        • †Miocyon vallisrubrae (Friscia & Rasmussen, 2010)
      • Genus: †Simamphicyon (Viret, 1942)
        • †Simamphicyon helveticus (Pictet & Humbert, 1869)
      • Genus: †Uintacyon (Leidy, 1873)
        • †Uintacyon acutus (Thorpe, 1923)
        • †Uintacyon asodes (Gazin, 1952)
        • †Uintacyon edax (Leidy, 1873)
        • †Uintacyon gingerichi (Heinrich, 2008)
        • †Uintacyon hookeri (Solé, 2014)
        • †Uintacyon jugulans (Matthew, 1909)
        • †Uintacyon massetericus (Cope, 1882)
        • †Uintacyon rudis (Rose, 1981)
        • †Uintacyon vorax (Leidy, 1873)
        • Subgenus: †Xinyuictis (Zheng, 1975)
          • †Uintacyon tenuis (Zheng, 1975)
      • Genus: †Zodiocyon (Tong & Wang, 2006)
        • †Zodiocyon zetesios (Tong & Wang, 2006)
      • Incertae sedis:
        • †"Miacis" boqinghensis (Huang, 1999)
        • †"Miacis" invictus (Matthew & Granger, 1925)
        • †"Miacis" lushiensis (Chow, 1975)
        • †"Miacis" thailandicus (Ducrocq, 1992)
    • (unranked): †Vulpavus clade
      • Genus: †Dormaalocyon (Solé, 2014)
        • †Dormaalocyon latouri (Quinet, 1966)
      • Genus: †Vassacyon (Matthew, 1909)
        • †Vassacyon bowni (Heinrich, 2008)
        • †Vassacyon prieuri (Solé, 2016)
        • †Vassacyon promicrodon (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
        • †Vassacyon taxidiotis (Solé, 2013)
      • Genus: †Vulpavus (Marsh, 1871)
        • †Vulpavus australis (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
        • †Vulpavus canavus (Cope, 1881)
        • †Vulpavus completus (Matthew, 1909)
        • †Vulpavus farsonensis (Gunnell, 1998)
        • †Vulpavus palustris (Marsh, 1871)
        • †Vulpavus profectus (Matthew, 1909)
        • Subgenus: †Palaearctonyx (Matthew, 1909)
          • †Vulpavus meadi (Matthew, 1909)
        • Subgenus: †Phlaodectes (Matthew, 1909)
          • †Vulpavus ovatus (Matthew, 1909)
      • Incertae sedis:
        • †"Miacis" deutschi (Gingerich, 1983)
        • †"Miacis" exiguus (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
    • Incertae sedis:
      • †"Miacis" hookwayi (Stock, 1934)
      • †"Miacis" latidens (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
      • †"Miacis" petilus (Gingerich, 1983)
    • Order: Carnivora (Bowdich, 1821) (carnivorans)
      • Suborder: Caniformia (Kretzoi, 1943) ("dog-like" carnivorans)
      • Suborder: Feliformia (Kretzoi, 1945) ("cat-like" carnivorans)

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