Clade Carnivoramorpha Wyss and Flynn 1993 (placental)
Parent taxon: Ferae according to M. Spaulding et al. 2009
See also Polly et al. 2006 and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005
Sister taxa: Creodonta, Pholidotamorpha
Subtaxa: Carnivoraformes Dawsonicyon Oodectes Tapocyon Viverravidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore