had been a quadrupedal swimmer–retaining a form of aquatic locomotion that give rise to the major swimming types employed by modern pinnipeds. Puijila has been assigned to a clade of mustelids. Classification Suborder: Caniformia ("dog-like" carnivorans) Genus: †Lycophocyon Superfamily: Amphicyonoidea Family: †Amphicyonidae (bear-dogs) Infraorder: Cynoidea Superfamily Canoidea Family: Canidae (dogs and allies) Infraorder: Arctoidea Parvorder: Ursida Genus: †Adracon Superfamily: Ursoidea Family: Ursidae (bears) Superfamily: Musteloidea Genus: †Plesiogale Family: Ailuridae (red panda and allies) Family: Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers) Family: Mustelidae (weasels and allies) Family: Procyonidae (raccoons and allies) Incertae sedis: Genus: †Peignictis (unranked): Pinnipedimorpha Genus: †Pinnarctidion Family: †Enaliarctidae Family: †Semantoridae (unranked): Pinnipediformes Genus: †Pacificotaria Genus: †Pteronarctos (unranked): Pinnipedia Superfamily: Otarioidea Family: Odobenidae (walrus and allies) Family: Otariidae (eared seals) Superfamily: Phocoidea Family: Phocidae (true seals) Family: †Desmatophocidae Phylogeny The cladogram is based on molecular phylogeny of six genes in Flynn, 2005. References External links Taxonomicon Caniform Carnivorans Extant Lutetian first appearances