Mammalia - Carnivora

Alternative spellings: Fissipeda, Fissipeda

Parent taxon: Carnivora according to H. Gadow 1898

See also Cope 1889, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lambe 1908, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Savage 1965 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Adracon, Canidae, Caniformia, Eosictis, Felidi, Feliformia, Miacoidea, Monachiopsis, Percrocutidae, Phocidi, Pristinictis, Protelidi, Protoferi, Ravenictis, Ursina, Ursocanidi, Viverra memphitis

Subtaxa: Arctictidae Bassarididae Cynictidae

view classification

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at San Clemente Island (Miocene of California)

Show more details