Alternative spelling: Miacinae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1880. On the genera of the Creodonta. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-6
Parent taxon: Carnivoraformes according to J. J. Flynn et al. 2010
See also Astibia et al. 2000, Bryant 1991, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, Cope 1889, Flynn 1998, Friscia and Rasmussen 2010, Hay 1902, Heinrich et al. 2008, Hooker 1986, Meehan and Wilson 2002, Peterson 1919, Polly et al. 2006, Rose et al. 2012, Smith and Smith 2010, Spaulding et al. 2010, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005
Sister taxa: Africtis, Carnivora, Dormaalocyon, Gracilocyon, Lycarion, Miacis, Neovulpavus, Palaearctonyx, Paramiacis, Procynodictis, Quercygale, Uintacyon, Vassacyon, Vulpavus, Xinyuictis, Zodiocyon
Subtaxa: Eogale Miacinae Miocyon Pappidictops Simamphicyon Viverravinae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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