Table 2. The four fossil species of the mammalian order Carnivora assessed in this study. All material is housed in the Palaeontology Department of London's Museum of Natural History.
 
Species
Family
Locality
Age
Specimen number
Stance
Digits
Locomotor Mode
Cynelos lemanensis
Amphicyonidae
Allier, France (unspecified)
Early Miocene / Late Oligocene
M 26736
Plantigrade
5
Terrestrial
Enhydriodon latipes
Mustelidae
Pikermi, Greece
Miocene (MN 12)
M 9002
Semidigitigrade
5
Natatorial
Ictitherium viverrinum
Hyaenidae
Pikermi, Greece
Miocene (MN 12)
M 9107
Digitigrade
4
Terrestrial
Paramachairodus orientalis
Felidae
Pikermi, Greece
Miocene (MN 12)
M 8964
Semidigitigrade
4
Terrestrial