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basal to
order Carnivora, the crown-group
within the Carnivoraformes.
Miacids are
thought to have
evolved into the
modern carnivorous mammals of the...
- (about 42 mya), the
miacids started to
branch into two
distinct groups of the
order Carnivora: the
Feliforms and Caniforms. The
miacid precursors to the...
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divided into two
families of
primitive carnivorous mammals:
Miacidae (the
miacids) and
Viverravidae (the viverravids).
These mammals were
basal to order...
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carnivoramorphs that,
while viverravids are
monophyletic basal group, the
miacids are
paraphyletic in
respect to
Carnivora (as
shown in the
phylogeny below)...
- the
superfamily Miacoidea and
family Miacidae are paraphyletic, with "
miacids"
being more
closely related to
carnivorans than to viverravids. In 2010...
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lipotyphlan mammals, and owls. The
ancestors of the
carnivorous mammals (
miacids) were alive.[citation needed] 59 Ma
Earliest sailfish appear. 56 Ma Gastornis...
- but
recent research suggests a
possible North American origin from the
miacids Miacis cognitus and M.
australis (now
renamed as the
genera Gustafsonia...
- mesonychids, "Adaptive Creodonta" (Creodonta adaptiva), made up of the
miacids and the taxa
included in the
wastebasket "Arctocyonidae", and "Primitive...
-
vegetation changes, as well as the rise of new
predatory eutherians, such as
miacids. More
recent studies show a
mixed effect.
Multituberculate faunas in North...
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species share few
synapomorphies other than
plesiomorphic characteristics of
miacids in general. This
reflects the fact that
Miacis has been
treated as a wastebasket...
