†order Creodonta Cope 1875 (creodont)
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, Hay 1930, Lambe 1908, Lopatin 2006, McKenna 1975, Pilgrim 1940 and Savage 1965
Sister taxa: Carnivoramorpha, Pholidotamorpha
Subtaxa: Altacreodus Ambloctonidae Amblyctonidae Arctocyonoidae Hyaenodonta Hyaenodontida Limnocyonidae Oxyaenodonta Oxyaenoidae Uintacyonidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore