What is Carnivoramorpha?
{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|66.043|0}} | image = Carnivoramorpha.jpg | display_parents = 3 | taxon = | authority = | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision = * [[Viverravidae]] * '''Carnivoraformes''' ** [[Miacidae]] ** '''[[Carnivora]]''' *** [[Caniformia]] *** [[Feliformia]] }} '''Carnivoramorpha''' are a [[clade]] of [[mammals]] that includes the modern order [[Carnivora]].<ref>Bryant H.N. and M. Wolson 2004. Phylogenetic nomenclature of carnivoran mammals. ''First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting''. Paris, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, July 6-9, 2004. [http://www.ohiou.edu/phylocode/IPNM.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706090739/http://www.ohiou.edu/phylocode/IPNM.pdf|date=2008-07-06}}</ref><ref>Flynn, John J. and Gina D. Wesley-Hunt. 2005. Phylogeny of the Carnivora: basal relationships among the Carnivoramorphans, and assessment of the position of 'Miacoidea' relative to Carnivora. ''Journal of Systematic Paleontology'', '''3''': 1-28. Abstract: [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=C755D4C7A1168E382EAD166AE9CC6DD9.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=285902] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524110439/http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=C755D4C7A1168E382EAD166AE9CC6DD9.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=285902|date=2011-05-24}}</ref> It is [[basal]] to the Carnivora but does not include the [[Creodont]]s, which are a separate order. == Classification & phylogeny == *Superfamily †[[Miacoidea]] **Family †[[Miacidae]] ***genera: ''Chailicyon'', ''Eostictis'', ''[[Miacis]]'', ''Miocyon'', ''Oodectes'', ''Palaearctonyx'', ''Paramiacis'', ''Paroodectes'', ''Prodaphaemus'', ''Quercygale'', ''Tapocyon'', ''Uintacyon'', ''Vassacyon'', ''Vulpavus'', ''Xinyuictis'', ''Ziphacodon'' **Family †[[Viverravidae]] ***genera: ''Bryanictis'', ''Didymictis'', ''Ictidopappus'', ''Pristinictis'', ''Protictis'', ''Raphictis'', ''Simpsonictis'', ''Viverravus'' *Order [[Carnivora]] **Superfamily [[