Ernanodontidae
Ernanodontidae middle | |
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Reconstruction of Ernanodon antelios | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Palaeanodonta |
Family: | †Ernanodontidae Ding, 1979[1] |
Type genus | |
†Ernanodon Ding, 1979
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Ernanodontidae ("sprouts of toothless animals") is an extinct family of insectivorous stem-pangolins which were endemic to Asia from the middle Paleocene to the early Eocene, 62.22—55.8 Ma existing for approximately 6.42 million years.[2]
Classification and phylogeny[]
Classification[]
- Family: †Ernanodontidae (Ting, 1979)[3]
Phylogenetic tree[]
The phylogenetic relationships of Ernanodontidae are shown in the following cladogram:[5][6][7]
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(Pholidota [sensu lato])
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References[]
- ^ S. Ding (1979.) "A new edentate from the Paleocene of Guandong." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17:57-64
- ^ Jehle, Martin (2008). "Genera and species of Paleocene mammals". Paleocene Mammals.
- ^ Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten. Ernanodontidae
- ^ 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
- ^ Kenneth D. Rose (2008). "Palaeanodonta and Pholidota". In Janis, Christine M; Gunnell, Gregg F; Uhen, Mark D (eds.). 9 - Palaeanodonta and Pholidota. pp. 135–146. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511541438.010. ISBN 9780511541438.
- ^ 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. S2CID 1773698.
- ^ 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. S2CID 86059673.
Categories:
- Palaeanodonta
- Prehistoric mammals of Asia
- Myrmecophagous mammals
- Prehistoric mammal families