A 99-character, 40-taxon matrix tests Vulpavus, Uintacyon, Miacis and other traditional “miacoids” against the crown.
Represented range0–0 Ma
RegionsForty fossil and living carnivoramorphan terminals
CladesCarnivoramorpha · Carnivora
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The published 99-character analysis places sampled Vulpavus, Uintacyon and Miacis-grade taxa outside crown Carnivora and does not recover traditional “Miacidae” or Viverravidae as simple stem branches of Feliformia and Caniformia.