Spaulding, M.; Flynn, J.J.
taxonomy · topology · morphology · methods
Primary morphology-matrix study testing stem carnivoramorphan relationships and the influence of postcranial characters; placements are sample- and matrix-dependent.
Expanded early-amphicyonid morphology sampling recovers Amphicyonidae as a basal caniform branch outside Canoidea, while exact sister relationships remain unresolved; the family is not a dog–bear ancestor blend or one linear lineage.
claim:taxon:amphicyonidae:topologyThe Carnivoraformes dossier route is an atlas navigation grouping for sampled stem carnivoraform studies; a broad morphology matrix tests those fossils relative to crown Carnivora but does not make the route itself a taxon or ancestor lineage.
claim:taxon:carnivoraformes-dossiers:route-boundary