Metacheiromyidae Explained

Metacheiromyidae ("next to Cheiromys") is an extinct paraphyletic family of myrmecophagous placental mammals within extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to middle Eocene.^{[1] [2]}

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Family: †Metacheiromyidae ^{(paraphyletic family)} (Pilgrim, 1932)
  • Genus: †Brachianodon (Gunnell & Gingerich, 1993)
    • †Brachianodon westorum (Gunnell & Gingerich, 1993)
  • Genus: †Mylanodon (Secord, 2002)
    • †Mylanodon rosei (Secord, 2002)
  • Subfamily: †Metacheiromyinae ^{(paraphyletic subfamily)} (Wortman, 1903)
    • Genus: †Metacheiromys (Wortman, 1903)
      • †Metacheiromys dasypus (Osborn, 1904)
      • †Metacheiromys marshi (Wortman, 1903)
    • Genus: †Palaeanodon (Matthew, 1918)
      • †Palaeanodon ignavus (Matthew, 1918)
      • †Palaeanodon nievelti (Gingerich, 1989)
      • †Palaeanodon parvulus (Matthew, 1918)
      • †Palaeanodon sp. [Le Quesnoy] (Gheerbrant, 2005)
  • Subfamily: †Propalaeanodontinae (Schoch, 1984)
    • Genus: †Propalaeanodon (Rose, 1979)
      • †Palaeanodon parvulus (Rose, 1979)

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of family Metacheiromyidae are shown in the following cladogram:^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

See also

• Mammal classification
• Palaeanodonta

Notes and References

1. R. M. Schoch (1984.) "Revision of Metacheiromys (Wortman, 1903) and a review of the Palaeanodonta." Postilla 192:1-28
2. Book: McKenna . Malcolm C. . Bell . Susan K. . Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level . 16 March 2015 . 1997 . Columbia University Press . New York . 978-0-231-11012-9.
3. K. D. Rose, L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky (1991.) "Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 11. Palaeanodonta (Mammalia)." Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(1):63-82
4. Rose . Kenneth D. . Lucas . Spencer G. . An early Paleocene palaeanodont (Mammalia, ?Pholidota) from New Mexico, and the origin of Palaeanodonta . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 20 . 1 . 2000 . 139–156 . 0272-4634 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0139:AEPPMP]2.0.CO;2.
5. Rose, K. D. (2008.) "Palaeanodonta and Pholidota"; pp. 135–146 in C. M. Janis, G. F. Gunnell, and M. Uhen (eds.), "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 2: Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
6. Gaudin . T. J. . Emry . R. J. . Wible . J. R. . The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis . Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 16 . 235 . 2009 . 10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9.
7. 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.