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.

Ernanodontidae Temporal range: middle to late Paleocene
Reconstruction of Ernanodon antelios
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Palaeanodonta
Family:	†Ernanodontidae Ding, 1979
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:

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