Parent taxon: Carnivora according to A. Valenciano et al. 2022
See also Abella et al. 2012, Amri et al. 2017, Bartolini Lucenti 2021, Berta and Morgan 1985, Bōgner and Samuels 2022, Bonis et al. 2019, Bryant 1991, Davis et al. 2004, de Bones et al. 2017, de Bonis et al. 2019, Fay 1985, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Garrido and Arribas 2008, Kohno et al. 1995, Koretsky 2001, Korth et al. 2022, Labs Hochstein 2007, Lofgren et al. 2020, Morlo et al. 2007, Owen 2006, Paterson et al. 2020, Peigné et al. 2006, Peigne et al. 2008, Polly et al. 2006, Prevosti and Ferrero 2008, Robles et al. 2010, Spassov and Rook 2006, Tedford 1976, Tedford et al. 1994, Tedford et al. 2009, Tomiya 2011, Tomiya and Tseng 2016, Tseng and Geisler 2016, Valenciano et al. 2015, Valenciano et al. 2018, Wang 1994, Wang et al. 2005, Wang and Tedford 1992, Wang et al. 1999, Welsh 2014, Werdelin et al. 2014, Wesley and Flynn 2003, Wilson and Reeder 2005, Wolson 1993 and Zhai et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Adracon, Canidae, Eosictis, Felidi, Feliformia, Fissipedia, Miacoidea, Monachiopsis, Percrocutidae, Phocidi, Pristinictis, Protelidi, Protoferi, Ravenictis, Ursina, Ursocanidi, Viverra memphitis
Subtaxa: Amphicyonidae Canoidea Cynoidea Lycophocyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore