Wang ve Tedford, Viverravidlerin, 66-60 milyon yıl önce Kuzey Amerika'da ortaya çıktıklarını, Asya'ya ve daha sonra Avrupa'ya yayıldıklarını, ilk etçiller olduklarını ve ilk gerçek karnaval dişlerine sahip olduklarını öne sürüyorlar.[ 5] Viverravidlerde kafatası uzar ve azı dişlerinin sayısı ikiye düşürülür (M1/m1 ve M2/m2 bulunur ve M3/m3 yoktur).
Paleobiyoloji Veritabanı 'ndan alınan taksonomi:[ 6]
Üst Aile: † Viverravoidea (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
Aile: † Viverravidae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
Cins: † Orientictis (Huang & Zheng, 2005)
† Orientictis spaios (Huang & Zheng, 2005)
Cins: † Pappictidops (Qiu & Li, 1977)
† Pappictidops ases (Wang, 1978)
† Pappictidops obtusus (Wang, 1978)
† Pappictidops orientalis (Qiu ve Li, 1977)
Cins: † Variviverra (Tong & Wang, 2006)
† Variviverra vegetatus (Tong & Wang, 2006)
Alt aile: † Didymictinae (Flynn & Galiano, 1982)
Cins: † Bryanictis (MacIntyre, 1966)
† Bryanictis microlestes (Simpson, 1935)
† Bryanictis paulus (Meehan ve Wilson, 2002)
Cins: † Didymictis (Cope, 1875) [ 7]
† Didymictis altidens (Cope, 1880)
† Didymictis dellensis (Dorr, 1952)
† Didymictis leptomylus (Kope, 1880)
† Didymictis protenus (Cope, 1874)
† Didymictis proteini (Polly, 1997)
† Didymictis vancleveae (Robinson, 1966)
Cins: † Intyrictis (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
† Intyrictis vanvaleni (MacIntyre, 1966)
Cins: † Protictis (Matta, 1937)
† Protictis agastor (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
† Protictis haydenianus (Cope, 1882)
† Protictis minor (Meehan ve Wilson, 2002)
† Protictis paralus (Holtzman, 1978)
† Protictis simpsoni (Meehan ve Wilson, 2002)
Cins: † Protictoides (Flynn & Galiano, 1982)
† Protictoides aprophatos (Flynn & Galiano, 1982)
Cins: † Raphictis (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
† Raphictis gausyonu (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
† Raphictis iota (Scott, 2008)
† Raphictis machaera (Rankin, 2009)
† Raphictis nanoptexis (Rankin, 2009)
Alt familya: † Ictidopappinae (Van Valen, 1969)
Cins: † Ictidopappus (Simpson, 1935)
† Ictidopappus mustelinus (Simpson, 1935)
Alt aile: † Viverravinae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
Cins: † Pristinictis (Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994)
† Pristinictis connata (Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994)
Cins: † Simpsonictis (MacIntyre, 1962)
† Simpsonictis jaynanneae (Rigby, 1980)
† Simpsonictis pegus (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
† Simpsonictis tenuis (Simpson, 1935)
Cins: † Viverravus (Marsh, 1872)
† Viverravus acutus (Matthew ve Granger, 1915)
† Viverravus gracilis (Marsh, 1872)
† Viverravus lawsoni (Hooker, 2010)
† Viverravus laytoni (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
† Viverravus lutosus (Gazin, 1952)
† Viverravus minutus (Wortman, 1901)
† Viverravus politus (Matthew ve Granger, 1915)
† Viverravus rosei (Polly, 1997)
† Viverravus sicarius (Matta, 1909)
Cins: † Viverriscus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
† Viverriscus omnivorus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
Viverravidae'nin filogenetik ilişkileri aşağıdaki kladogramda gösterilmiştir:[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Carnivoramorpha
Carnivoraformes
?
†Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 31176 )
?
†Carnivoramorpha sp. (USNM 538395 )
?
†"Sinopa" insectivorus
†Viverravidae
?
†Ravenictis
?
†Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 50993 & UALVP 50994 )
†Viverravoidea
†Viverravidae
†Viverravinae
†Simpsonictis
†Simpsonictis pegus
†Simpsonictis tenuis
†Simpsonictis sp.
†Simpsonictis jaynanneae
†Viverriscus
†Viverriscus omnivorus
†Pristinictis
†Pristinictis connata
?
†Viverravus
†Viverravus gracilis
†Viverravus lutosus
†Viverravus minutus
†Viverravus sicarius
†Viverravus politus
†Viverravus lawsoni
†Viverravus laytoni
†Viverravus acutus
†Viverravus rosei
?
†Viverravidae sp. (CM 71188 & CM 71189 )
†Didymictinae
†Raphictis
†Raphictis gausion
†Raphictis iota
†Raphictis machaera
†Raphictis nanoptexis
†Raphictis sp. (UALVP 51558 )
†Raphictis sp. (UALVP 8861 )
†Didymictinae sp. (UALVP 51560 )
†Didymictis
†Didymictis leptomylus
†Didymictis protenus
†Didymictis vancleveae
†Didymictis altidens
†Didymictis sp. (YPM VPPU 024902 )
†Didymictis proteus
†Didymictis proteus (sensu stricto )
?
†Didymictis dellensis
sensu lato
†Protictis
†Protictis
†Protictis paralus
†Protictis agastor
†Protictis simpsoni
†Protictis minor
†Protictis haydenianus
sensu stricto
†Protictoides
†Protictoides aprophatos
†Bryanictis
†Intyrictis
†Intyrictis vanvaleni
†Bryanictis
†Bryanictis microlestes
†Bryanictis paulus
†Bryanictis sp. (Dawson Creek)
sensu stricto
sensu lato
sensu lato
sensu lato
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