Ernanodontidae

Ernanodontidae ("sprouts of toothless animals") is an extinct family of pangolin-like insectivorous mammals which were endemic to Asia from the late Paleocene to the early Eocene, 58.7—55.8 Ma existing for approximately 2.9 million years .[1][2]

Ernanodontidae
Temporal range: 58.7–55.8 Ma
↓
late Paleocene - early Eocene
Reconstruction of
Ernanodon antelios
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Palaeanodonta
Suborder: †Ernanodonta
Ding, 1987
Family: †Ernanodontidae
Ding, 1979
Genera

Classification and phylogeny

Classification
  • Suborder: †Ernanodonta (Ding, 1987)[3]
    • Family: †Ernanodontidae (Ting, 1979)
      • Genus: †Asiabradypus (Nessov, 1987)
        • †Asiabradypus incompositus (Nessov, 1987)[4]
      • Genus: †Ernanodon (Ting, 1979)
        • †Ernanodon antelios (Ting, 1979)

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Ernanodontidae are shown in the following cladogram:[5][6][7]

 Pholidotamorpha 
 

Pholidota (sensu stricto)

 
 †Palaeanodonta 
 

†Escavadodontidae

 
 
 ? 

†Amelotabes

 
 ? 

†Melaniella

 
 
 

†Epoicotheriidae

 
 ? 

†Arcticanodon

 
 
†Metacheiromyidae
 

†Propalaeanodontinae

 
 
 

†Mylanodon

 
 
 

†Brachianodon

 
 
 

†Palaeanodon

 
 
 

†Metacheiromys

 
 †Ernanodonta 
 †Ernanodontidae 
 †Asiabradypus 

†Asiabradypus incompositus

 ? 
 †Ernanodon 

†Ernanodon antelios

 
 
 
 
 
 
 †Metacheiromyinae
 
 
 
 
 
 (Pholidota sensu lato) 

References
  1. S. Ding. (1979.) "A new edentate from the Paleocene of Guandong." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17:57-64
  2. Jehle, Martin (2008). "Genera and species of Paleocene mammals". Paleocene Mammals.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten. Ernanodontidae
  4. L. A. Nessov. (1987). "Rezultaty poiskov i issledovaniya Melovykh i Rannepaleogenovykh mlekopitayushikh na territorii SSSR [Results of searches and investigations of Cretaceous and early Paleogene mammals in the territory of the USSR]". Ezhegodnik Vzezoyuznaya Paleontologicheskiy Obshchevstvo 30:199-218
  5. Kenneth D. Rose (2008). "9 - Palaeanodonta and Pholidota". doi:10.1017/CBO9780511541438.010. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media. 16 (4): 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9.
  7. Kondrashov, Peter; Agadjanian, Alexandre K. (2012). "A nearly complete skeleton of Ernanodon (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (5): 983–1001. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634.
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