Ernanodontidae

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Ernanodontidae
Temporal range: 62.22–55.8 Ma middle Paleocene - early Eocene
Ernanodon NT.jpg
Reconstruction of
Ernanodon antelios
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Palaeanodonta
Family: †Ernanodontidae
Ding, 1979[1]
Type genus
†Ernanodon
Ding, 1979
Genera

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]
    • Genus: † (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) Pangolin Hardwicke (white background).jpg

 
 †Palaeanodonta 
 

†Escavadodontidae

 
 
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†Epoicotheriidae

 
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 †Ernanodontidae 
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†Asiabradypus incompositus

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 †Ernanodon 

†Ernanodon antelios

 
 
 
 
 
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 (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.
  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). "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.
  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. S2CID 1773698.
  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. S2CID 86059673.
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