Metacheiromyinae

Metacheiromyinae ("next to Cheiromys") is an extinct paraphyletic subfamily of myrmecophagous placental mammals within extinct paraphyletic family Metacheiromyidae in extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America and Europe from early to middle Eocene.[2]

Metacheiromyinae
Temporal range: early to middle Eocene
Reconstruction of
Metacheiromys marshi
skull of Palaeanodon ignavus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Palaeanodonta
Family: †Metacheiromyidae
Subfamily: †Metacheiromyinae
Wortman, 1903[1]
Type genus
†Metacheiromys
Wortman, 1903
Genera

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy
  • 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)

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Metacheiromyinae are shown in the following cladogram:[3][4][5][6][7]

 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 

†Palaeanodon nievelti

 ? 

†Palaeanodon sp. (Le Quesnoy)

†Palaeanodon ignavus

†Palaeanodon parvulus

†Metacheiromyinae

 †Metacheiromys 

†Metacheiromys dasypus

†Metacheiromys marshi

†Ernanodontidae

 (Pholidota sensu lato) 
†Epoicotherium/Xenocranium clade

See also

References
  1. J. L. Wortman (1903.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. Part II. Primates. Suborder Cheiromyoidea." The American Journal of Science, series 4 16:345-368
  2. R. M. Schoch (1984.) "Revision of Metacheiromys (Wortman, 1903) and a review of the Palaeanodonta." Postilla 192:1-28
  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. (2000). "An early Paleocene palaeanodont (Mammalia, ?Pholidota) from New Mexico, and the origin of Palaeanodonta". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (1): 139–156. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0139:AEPPMP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
  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. (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16: 235. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9.
  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.
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