Parent taxon: Carnivora according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
See also Carroll 1988, Hooker 1986 and Meehan and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Adracon, Canidae, Caniformia, Cryptailurus, Eosictis, Felidi, Feliformia, Fissipedia, Monachiopsis, Percrocutidae, Phocidi, Pristinictis, Protelidi, Protoferi, Ravenictis, Thos, Ursina, Ursocanidi, Viverra memphitis
Subtaxa: Miacidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), China (1), France (7), Japan (1), Portugal (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (55: Alabama, California, Colorado, Mississippi, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (4), United States (5: North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 81 collections including 88 occurrences