Ernanodontidae Explained
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.[1] [2]
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:[3] [4] [5]
See also
Notes and References
- Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten.
- Web site: Jehle . Martin . Genera and species of Paleocene mammals . Paleocene Mammals . 2008 .
- Book: Kenneth D. Rose . Christine M . Janis . Gregg F . Gunnell . Mark D . Uhen . 9 - Palaeanodonta and Pholidota . Palaeanodonta and Pholidota . 2008 . 135–146 . 10.1017/CBO9780511541438.010. 9780511541438 .
- Gaudin . Timothy . 2009 . The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis . Journal of Mammalian Evolution . Springer Science+Business Media . Heidelberg, Germany . 16 . 4 . 235–305 . 10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 . 1773698 . 2020-08-28 . 2015-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134257/http://web2.utc.edu/~gvv824/Gaudin%20et%20al%202009.pdf . dead .
- Kondrashov . Peter . Agadjanian . Alexandre K. . A nearly complete skeleton of Ernanodon (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 32 . 5 . 2012 . 0272-4634 . 10.1080/02724634.2012.694319 . 983–1001. 86059673 .
