Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora

Subsequent positions

†Amphicyonoidea (Superfamily) Haeckel, 1866

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 248.

Original entries

Questionably †Amphicyoninae (Subfamily) Haeckel, 1866
Questionably †Daphoeninae (Subfamily) Hough, 1948
Questionably †Harpagocyon (Genus) Springhorn, 1977
Questionably †Hubacyon (Genus) Kretzoi, 1985
Questionably †Symplectocyon (Genus) Springhorn, 1977

Current position

†Amphicyonoidea (Superfamily) Haeckel, 1866

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 248. [new position]

Alternative positions

Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 634.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: A. Turner, 1997 [indirect]

Historical positions

Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
†Amphicyonoidea (Superfamily) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 248. [new position]
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: 1995
Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 634.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†35g;5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †34g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †34g]