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Ernanodon
''Ernanodon antelios'' is an extinct placental mammal from the late Paleocene of China.
It was a relatively small animal about 50 cm in length, not including the tail. When it was first discovered and examined, it was thought to be a primitive anteater. ''E. antelios'' and ''Eurotamandua'' of Eocene Germany helped to support a hypothesis that there was movement between the faunas of South America (the homeland of anteaters and other Xenarthrans), and the faunas of Europe and Asia, by way of North America. This was further supported by the alleged European Phorusrhacid ''Aenigmavis'', also of Eocene Germany.
The view of ''E. antelios'' being an anteater has been discarded, and the idea that there was any extensive Paleocene faunal interchange with South America has been rethought due to ''Eurotamandua'' being now regarded as a scaleless relative of the modern-day pangolin, and the various European Phorusracids being reidentified as more primitive members of Cariamae.
''E. antelios''' placement within Xenarthra is further questioned because it lacks the distinctive joints that characterize Xenarthra, the same reason why ''Eurotamandua'' is no longer regarded as a xenarthran, also. Recent studies from new remains found in Late Paleocene Mongolian strata lead to the assessment that ''Ernanodon'' is closely related to ''Metacheiromys'' within the taxon Palaeanodonta, which, in the study, was reaffirmed to be the sister taxon of Pholidota, the order of pangolins.〔
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