Quercygale

Quercygale is an extinct genus of Miacidae, primitive carnivores that lived during the Eocene. The genus contains four species: Q. angustidens, Q. hastingsae, Q. helvetica, and Q. smithi. Phylogenetic analysis of the basicranial morphology of miacid carnivoramorphans suggests Quercygale is the most advanced miacid and sister to crown group Carnivora, predating the split between Feliformia and Caniformia., although another recent study places them as a stem group within Feliformia.