Английская Википедия:Ferae

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Ferae (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell, Шаблон:IPA-la, "wild beasts") is a mirorder of placental mammals from grandorder Ferungulata, that groups together clades Pan-Carnivora, which includes modern carnivorans, and Pholidotamorpha, which includes pangolins.

General characteristics

In mirorder Ferae

The common feature for members of this mirorder is ossified tentorium cerebelli and the fusion of the scaphoid and lunate bones in the wrist.

In clade Pan-Carnivora

The common features for members of clade Pan-Carnivora are:

• heterodont teeth that are sharp and for cutting meat,
• canine teeth that are usually large, conical, pointed, thick and stress resistant,
• and presence of the carnassial teeth.

Carnassials are feature that allows distinguishing the Carnivoramorpha, Oxyaenodonta and Hyaenodonta from the other carnivorous placental mammals. However, these mammals are distinguished between them self based on the position of the carnassial teeth and the number of molars. The carnassial teeth of the Carnivoramorpha are located in P₄ and m₁, in Oxyaenodonta are M₁ and m₂, and in Hyaenodonta and close relatives are M₂ and m₃. This appears to be a case of a possible evolutionary convergent adaptation toward similar diet.

Classification and phylogeny

Sister groups to Ferae and position of pangolins and creodonts

According to recent studies (reflected in the diagram below), the closest living relatives of Ferae are members of mirorder Euungulata (group of mammals which includes order Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla).

An alternate phylogeny holds that the closest relatives to the Ferae are the Perissodactyla and Chiroptera (bats), not Artiodactyla. Ferae together with Perissodactyla has been called Zooamata. Ferae, Perissodactyla, and Chiroptera together has been called Pegasoferae. Subsequent molecular studies have generally failed to support the proposal.

Pangolins were long thought to be the closest relatives of aardvark and xenarthrans (armadillos, anteaters, and sloths), forming to the now obsolete order Edentata. Research based on immunodiffusion technique and comparison of protein and DNA sequences revealed the close relationships between pangolins and carnivorans, with whom they also share a few unusual derived morphological and anatomical traits, such as the ossified tentorium cerebelli and the fusion of the scaphoid and lunate bones in the wrist. The last common ancestor of extant Ferae is supposed to have diversified c. 79.47 million years ago.

While there has been strong support in the inclusion of order Creodonta into Ferae, they were usually recovered as sister taxon to Carnivora. The Halliday et al. (2015) phylogenetic analysis of hundreds of morphological characters of Paleocene placentals found instead that creodonts might be the sister group to Pholidotamorpha (pangolins and their stem-relatives). However, recent studies have shown that Creodonta is an invalid polyphyletic taxon. Members of this group are part of clade Pan-Carnivora and sister taxa to Carnivoramorpha (carnivorans and their stem-relatives). They are split in two groups: order Oxyaenodonta on one side and order Hyaenodonta plus its stem-relatives (family Wyolestidae and genera Altacreodus, Simidectes and Tinerhodon) on the other.

Taxonomy

Traditional classification:

Revised classification:

Clade: Ferae Шаблон:Small Order: Carnivora Шаблон:Small (carnivorans) Order: Cimolesta Шаблон:Small [a group with pangolins as its members at that time] Order: †Creodonta Шаблон:Small (false carnivorans)

Mirorder: Ferae Шаблон:Small Clade: Pan-Carnivora Шаблон:Small Clade: Carnivoramorpha Шаблон:Small (carnivorans and stem-relatives) Order: †Hyaenodonta Шаблон:Small Order: †Oxyaenodonta Шаблон:Small Family: †Oxyaenidae Шаблон:Small Family: †Wyolestidae Шаблон:Small Genus: †Simidectes Шаблон:Small (unranked): †Altacreodus/Tinerhodon clade Genus: †Altacreodus Шаблон:Small Genus: †Tinerhodon Шаблон:Small Clade: Pholidotamorpha Шаблон:Small Order: Pholidota Шаблон:Small (pangolins) Order: †Palaeanodonta Шаблон:Small (stem-pangolins)

Alternative classification and possible fossil members

In Halliday et al. (2015) various enigmatic Palaeocene mammals have been proposed to be possible members to Ferae, like members of orders Pantodonta and Taeniodonta, and families Didelphodontidae, Nyctitheriidae, Oxyclaenidae, Palaeoryctidae, Pantolestidae, Pentacodontidae, Periptychidae and Triisodontidae. In addition various "hoofed mammals" like the mesonychians and arctocyonids (usually considered as a stem-artiodactyls) also placed in this group. Mesonychians are placed as the sister group to carnivoramorphs, while arctocyonids are polyphyletic with Arctocyon and Loxolophus sister to pantodonts and periptychids, Goniacodon and Eoconodon sister to the Carnivoramorpha-Mesonychia clade, most other genera allied with creodonts and palaeoryctidans. This enlarged Ferae was also found to be the sister group to Chiroptera, even though recent studies dispute this classification.

See also

• Mammal classification
• Ferungulata