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Miacids

The miacids (Miacidae) were primitive carnivores which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene Epoch about 65—33 million years ago. Miacids existed for approximately 32 million years. Miacids are thought to have evolved into today's modern carnivorous mammals of the order Carnivora. They were small marten-like carnivores with long, little bodies and long tails. Some species were arboreal while others lived on the ground.

Miacoidea

Miacoidea is an extinct paraphyletic superfamily that has been traditionally divided into two families of carnivores: Miacidae (the miacids) and Viverravidae. They were primitive carnivores which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene Epoch about 33-65 million years ago. Today, Miacoidea is recognized as a paraphyletic array of stem taxa that probably resulted in some "miacoid" genera ending up just outside the order Carnivora.

Paratomarctus

Paratomarctus an extinct member of the Borophaginae, subtribe Borophagina, a terrestrial canine which inhabited most of North America from the Harrisonian stage to Early Barstovian stage of the Miocene epoch living 16.3—5.3 mya, existed for approximately 11 million years.

Carpocyon

Carpocyon is an extinct member of the Borophaginae, and a terrestrial canine which inhabited most of North America during the Barstovian stage of the Middle Miocene through the Hemphillian stage of the Late Miocene epoch 20.4—3.9 Mya. Carpocyon existed for approximately 16.5 million years.

Protepicyon

Protepicyon is an extinct genus of the family Borophaginae which lived during the Barstovian stage of the Middle Miocene subepoch living 16.3—13.6 |mya, existing for approximately 3.3 million years. It was named by Wang in 1999 and assigned to Borophagina by Wang et al that same year. The fossil distribution is represented by one find in California.

Metatomarctus

Metatomarctus is an extinct genus of Borophaginae and a terrestrial canine which inhabited most of North America during the Early Hemingfordian stage of the Miocene epoch living 20.6—16.3 Mya, existing for approximately 4 million years

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