†order Creodonta Cope 1875 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. On the supposed Carnivora of the Eocene of the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences (separate) 1-4

Parent taxon: Ferae according to M. Spaulding et al. 2009

See also Ameghino 1897, Bajpai et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Gregory 1910, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Lopatin 2006, McKenna 1975, Pilgrim 1940 and Savage 1965

Sister taxa: Carnivoramorpha, Pholidotamorpha

Subtaxa: Altacreodus Ambloctonidae Amblyctonidae Hyaenodonta Hyaenodontida Limnocyonidae Oxyaenodonta Uintacyonidae

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

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