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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ 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
†Asiabradypus †Ernanodon

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.