Biology:Ernanodontidae

Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Ernanodontidae Temporal range: 62.22–56.0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N middle to late Paleocene
Reconstruction of Ernanodon antelios
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Palaeanodonta
Family:	†Ernanodontidae Ding, 1979
Type genus
†Ernanodon Ding, 1979
Genera
†Asiabradypus †Ernanodon

Ernanodontidae ("sprouts of toothless animals") is an extinct family of myrmecophagous placental mammals within extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in Asia from the middle to late Paleocene.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Family: †Ernanodontidae (Ting, 1979)
  • Genus: †Asiabradypus (Nessov, 1987)
    • †Asiabradypus incompositus (Nessov, 1987)
  • Genus: †Ernanodon (Ting, 1979)
    • †Ernanodon antelios (Ting, 1979)

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of family Ernanodontidae are shown in the following cladogram:

Ferae	Pan-Carnivora    Pholidotamorpha    Pholidota (sensu stricto)    †Palaeanodonta    †Escavadodontidae    ?  †Melaniella       †Amelotabes     †Epoicotheriidae             †Epoicotherium     †Molaetherium       †Xenocranium   †Epoicotheriinae     †Tetrapassalus       †Dipassalus       †Alocodontulum     †Auroratherium     †Pentapassalus     †Tubulodon      ?  †Arcticanodon       †Propalaeanodontinae       †Mylanodon       †Brachianodon       †Palaeanodon     †Metacheiromyinae        †Metacheiromys    †Ernanodontidae   †Asiabradypus  †Asiabradypus incompositus  ?   †Ernanodon  †Ernanodon antelios                      (Pholidota sensu lato)

See also

• Mammal classification
• Palaeanodonta

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21293793 entry