Several groups have previously been suggested to have descended from the Cimolesta : the Pholidota ( which would have been regarded as a suborder of Cimolesta ), the Creodonta, and the Carnivora.
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Many prehistoric mammals of the clade Carnivoramorpha ( Carnivora and Miacoidea without Creodonta ), along with the early order Creodonta, and some mammals of the even earlier order Cimolesta, were hypercarnivores.
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Many prehistoric mammals of the clade Carnivoramorpha ( Carnivora and Miacoidea without Creodonta ), along with the early order Creodonta, and some mammals of the even earlier order Cimolesta, were hypercarnivores.
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Based on dental features and braincase sizes, it is now known that Carnivora must have evolved from a form even more primitive than Creodonta, and thus these two orders may not even be sister groups.
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"' Hyaenodonta "'( sometimes referred as " "'Hyaenodontida "'" ) is an extinct group of hypercarnivorous eutherian mammals, originally classified along with the oxyaenids as part of Creodonta.
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With the arrival of night, a band of lemur-like " Godinotia ", socialize and copulate in the dark . " Ambulocetus " finally manages to catch a " Creodonta " near the lake edge.
