Carnivoramorpha

Carnivoramorpha is a clade of placental mammals within the larger clade Pan-Carnivora from the mirorder Ferae, that includes the modern order Carnivora as well as extinct stem-group relatives that are more closely related to carnivorans proper than to "creodonts". However, recent analyses suggest carnivoramorphans was polyphyletic with Viverravidae being basal to the clade containing hyaenodonts, oxyaenids and carnivoraforms.

Carnivoramorpha

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PancarnivoraPBDB
Diet
insectivorePBDB, for Theria
Life habit
scansorialPBDB, for Eutheria
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 63 million years on record.

The record covers at least 63.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 254 of 12000 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 1312 of 12000 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 688 of 12000 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 3605 of 12000 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1318 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 4012 of 12000 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 3 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 19 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 52 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 40 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 132 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 364 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 372 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 150 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 74 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 45 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 28 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 31 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 34 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 91 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 158 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 225 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 116 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 111 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 127 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 135 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 183 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 266 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 509 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 565 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 626 occurrences11–9.0 Mya — about 557 occurrences9.0–6.7 Mya — about 517 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 653 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 1314 occurrences2.2–0 Mya — about 4505 occurrences63.4 Mya11.7 ka67 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Carnivoramorpha on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

12,000 occurrences read

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 645 formations

Willwood — 44.78°N, 108.97°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.82°N, 109.05°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 109.93°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.86°WWillwood — 44.49°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.69°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.62°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.41°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.57°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.41°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.61°N, 108.76°WWillwood — 44.66°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.76°N, 108.88°WWillwood — 44.16°N, 107.87°WWillwood — 44.15°N, 107.86°WAsh Hollow — 42.60°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.39°N, 98.10°WAsh Hollow — 40.50°N, 100.50°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WAsh Hollow — 43.30°N, 102.50°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 101.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.70°N, 103.10°WAsh Hollow — 41.50°N, 103.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 43.40°N, 100.60°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 99.70°WAsh Hollow — 41.40°N, 102.40°WAsh Hollow — 42.30°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 41.10°N, 103.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.63°N, 100.05°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 102.50°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 105.10°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 98.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.68°N, 102.68°WValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 42.49°N, 98.11°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°WValentine — 42.80°N, 99.70°WValentine — 42.81°N, 100.05°WValentine — 42.70°N, 102.50°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 40.10°N, 98.50°WValentine — 43.20°N, 99.80°WValentine — 43.30°N, 100.65°WBrule — 42.90°N, 105.20°WBrule — 42.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.30°N, 102.50°WBrule — 42.40°N, 103.80°WBrule — 40.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.90°N, 102.40°WBrule — 46.90°N, 102.80°WBrule — 42.00°N, 104.20°WBrule — 43.00°N, 104.23°WBrule — 42.83°N, 104.25°WBrule — 41.80°N, 103.80°WBrule — 43.85°N, 102.50°WBrule — 43.60°N, 102.45°WBrule — 43.50°N, 101.90°WBrule — 46.40°N, 103.30°WBrule — 41.70°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.20°N, 103.20°WBrule — 41.50°N, 103.80°WBrule — 41.66°N, 103.72°WBrule — 43.80°N, 103.10°WGlenns Ferry — 43.60°N, 116.80°WGlenns Ferry — 43.00°N, 115.70°WGlenns Ferry — 42.80°N, 114.90°WGlenns Ferry — 43.00°N, 118.00°WVogel River Series — 3.20°S, 35.21°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°ERunningwater — 42.80°N, 103.10°WRunningwater — 42.75°N, 102.02°WRunningwater — 42.20°N, 103.10°WRunningwater — 41.70°N, 103.10°WRunningwater — 42.40°N, 103.80°WRunningwater — 42.70°N, 102.50°WRunningwater — 42.49°N, 102.96°WRunningwater — 42.37°N, 103.32°WRunningwater — 42.80°N, 100.80°WRunningwater — 42.35°N, 103.53°WRunningwater — 42.56°N, 103.04°WRunningwater — 42.70°N, 102.72°WVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.00°S, 18.00°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.27°N, 110.33°WWasatch — 40.60°N, 108.10°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 42.72°N, 110.10°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 107.00°WWasatch — 41.75°N, 108.00°WWasatch — 41.20°N, 110.50°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.86°N, 110.75°WOlcott — 42.40°N, 103.80°WOlcott — 42.19°N, 103.73°WOlcott — 42.03°N, 102.75°WOlcott — 42.08°N, 103.80°WBarstow — 34.80°N, 117.00°WBarstow — 35.05°N, 117.07°WBarstow — 35.07°N, 117.08°WSwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EJohn Day — 44.67°N, 119.63°WJohn Day — 44.60°N, 119.62°WJohn Day — 44.20°N, 120.50°WJohn Day — 44.67°N, 119.65°WJohn Day — 44.90°N, 120.20°WJohn Day — 44.50°N, 119.30°WJohn Day — 44.83°N, 119.74°WJohn Day — 44.83°N, 119.76°WJohn Day — 44.78°N, 119.58°WJohn Day — 44.33°N, 119.57°WJohn Day — 44.85°N, 121.27°WWind River — 44.00°N, 106.60°WWind River — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWind River — 43.20°N, 107.10°WWind River — 43.20°N, 107.33°WFort Union — 41.30°N, 107.74°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 45.80°N, 109.80°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 41.70°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.38°WFort Union — 44.66°N, 108.30°WFort Union — 43.70°N, 108.70°WFort Union — 44.89°N, 108.91°WFort Union — 45.40°N, 105.60°WFort Union — 43.45°N, 109.16°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 41.92°N, 108.56°WFort Union — 45.20°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.50°N, 108.00°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.62°WFort Union — 44.67°N, 108.46°WFort Union — 44.16°N, 107.87°WFort Union — 39.27°N, 108.18°WSharps — 43.30°N, 102.50°WSharps — 43.50°N, 101.90°WPalm Spring — 32.90°N, 117.10°WMarsland — 42.40°N, 103.80°WMarsland — 42.42°N, 103.87°WMarsland — 43.00°N, 104.50°WMarsland — 42.10°N, 105.00°WMarsland — 42.00°N, 104.20°WMarsland — 42.62°N, 104.40°WMarsland — 42.20°N, 103.10°WKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.92°N, 36.45°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.36°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.22°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.08°N, 36.35°EChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 43.30°N, 102.50°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.10°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.40°WChadron — 43.00°N, 104.50°WChadron — 42.90°N, 105.20°WChadron — 45.47°N, 112.62°WChadron — 46.10°N, 103.30°WChadron — 42.00°N, 104.20°WChadron — 43.65°N, 102.82°WWhite River — 43.20°N, 107.10°WWhite River — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWhite River — 40.80°N, 103.10°WWhite River — 43.00°N, 104.50°WWhite River — 40.10°N, 102.20°WWhite River — 42.00°N, 104.20°WWhite River — 40.97°N, 106.22°WPeace River — 27.90°N, 81.80°WPeace River — 27.70°N, 81.85°WPeace River — 27.00°N, 82.20°WPeace River — 27.50°N, 82.50°WPeace River — 27.68°N, 81.95°WPeace River — 27.76°N, 81.83°WPeace River — 27.81°N, 81.91°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 42.70°N, 110.10°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.77°N, 110.33°WBridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 41.37°N, 109.82°WBridger — 41.08°N, 110.10°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 38.60°N, 76.51°WCalvert — 37.53°N, 77.42°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 37.67°N, 77.16°WCalvert — 38.53°N, 76.52°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.87°WCalvert — 37.66°N, 77.11°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.85°WCalvert — 38.38°N, 76.99°WCalvert — 37.77°N, 77.28°W

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The named rock units Carnivoramorpha has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 621 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 6,011 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

1,257 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,039 sites for Carnivoramorpha, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

at least 1,994 references

Each of the 12,000 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 1,982 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Carnivoramorpha

Credit
derivative work: user:The Explaner
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Carnivoramorpha was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Wyss and Flynn 1993