Ernanodontidae

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.^[2][3]

Ernanodontidae Temporal range: 62.22–56.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N middle to late Paleocene
Reconstruction of Ernanodon antelios
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Palaeanodonta
Family:	†Ernanodontidae Ding, 1979[1]
Type genus
†Ernanodon Ding, 1979
Genera
†Asiabradypus †Ernanodon

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:^[4][5][6]

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)	†Epoicotherium/Xenocranium clade †Metacheiromyidae

See also

• Mammal classification
• Palaeanodonta