The Dormaal sample supports Dormaalocyon latouri and a basal carnivoraform placement in the published matrix; it is not promoted into crown Carnivora or direct ancestry.
claim:taxon:dormaalocyon:taxonomyDormaalocyon
About 280 teeth, jaws and ankle bones document an early Eocene carnivoraform sample and replace the historical two-tooth picture of “Miacis” latouri.
Represented range56–55.8 Ma
Content packagecarnivora
PBDBtxn:331898
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
The profile is restricted to the Dormaal locality in Belgium and does not establish the complete early carnivoraform distribution.
claim:taxon:dormaalocyon:biogeographyDental and tarsal anatomy support small-faunivore and arboreal-capability inferences, while diet and habitual locomotion were not directly observed.
claim:taxon:dormaalocyon:ecologyIRSNB M2095–M2099 document dentition and IRSNB M2107–M2109 document astragali and a calcaneum in the catalogued sample.
claim:taxon:dormaalocyon:morphologyThe 56–55.8 Ma envelope is the bounded Dormaal sample context, not a crown-Carnivora FAD, genus LAD or lineage duration.
claim:taxon:dormaalocyon:fossil-rangeKnown limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
References
- Dental and tarsal anatomy of “Miacis” latouri and a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms (Mammalia, Carnivoramorpha)Solé, F.; Smith, R.; Coillot, T.; De Bast, E.; Smith, T. · 2014 · DOI 10.1080/02724634.2013.793195
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933