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Extinct family of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Escavadodon ("tooth from Escavada") is an extinct genus of pangolin-like myrmecophagous placental mammals of extinct monotypic family Escavadodontidae within extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America during the middle Paleocene.[1][2] It contains a single species, Escavadodon zygus, recovered from the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
Escavadodon Temporal range: Paleocene middle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Palaeanodonta |
Family: | †Escavadodontidae Rose & Lucas, 2000 |
Genus: | †Escavadodon Rose & Lucas, 2000[1] |
Type species | |
†Escavadodon zygus Rose & Lucas, 2000 |
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Escavadodon is shown in the following cladogram:[3][4][5]
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