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Ancestral taxa
Domain: Eukaryota  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Unikonta  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Obazoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Opisthokonta  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Holozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Filozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom: Animalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: ParaHoxozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Bilateria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Nephrozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum: Deuterostomia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum: Chordata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Olfactores  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum: Vertebrata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Eugnathostomata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Teleostomi  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Euteleostomi  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Sarcopterygii  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Rhipidistia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Elpistostegalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Stegocephalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superclass: Tetrapoda  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Reptiliomorpha  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Amniota  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Synapsida  [Taxonomy; edit]
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Clade: Mammaliaformes /skip  [Taxonomy; edit]
Class: Mammalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Holotheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Trechnotheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Cladotheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Zatheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Tribosphenida  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subclass: Theria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Eutheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass: Placentalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Laurasiatheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Scrotifera  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Ferungulata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Ferae  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Carnivoramorpha  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Carnivoraformes  [Taxonomy; edit]
Order: Carnivora  [Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent: Carnivoraformes [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank: ordo (displays as Order)
Link: Carnivora
Extinct: no
Always displayed: yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:
Parent's taxonomic references: Solé, Floréal; Smith, Richard; Coillot, Tiphaine; de Bast, Eric; Smith, Thierry (2014). "Dental and tarsal anatomy of 'Miacis'latouriand a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms (Mammalia, Carnivoramorpha)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.793195. ISSN 0272-4634.

Solé, Floréal; Smith, Thierry; De Bast, Eric; Codrea, Vlad; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2016). "New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (2): e1082480. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1082480. ISSN 0272-4634.