Re: *Fruitafossor*

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> Well, molecular phylogenies are pretty consistent in placing Pholidota 
> near
> Carnivora and Xenarthra a long way away from either of those.

They are _entirely_ consistent in this.

As for myrmecophagy being unknown in K mammals... I'm not so sure. The 
Zalambdalestidae have the postcanines of an insectivore -- but what are 
those ever-growing near-horizonal lower incisors doing in the same jaw? It's 
clear that those animals were terrestrial hoppers, not tree-climbers like an 
aye-aye, which likewise has gnawing incisors but postcanines suitable for 
insectivory. Perhaps they gnawed holes into termite mounds???