Biology:Escavadodon

Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Escavadodon Temporal range: 61.4–60.9 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Paleocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Palaeanodonta
Family:	†Escavadodontidae Rose & Lucas, 2000
Genus:	†Escavadodon Rose & Lucas, 2000
Type species
†Escavadodon zygus Rose & Lucas, 2000

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. It contains a single species, Escavadodon zygus, recovered from the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of genus Escavadodon is shown in the following cladogram:

Ferae	Pan-Carnivora    Pholidotamorpha    Pholidota (sensu stricto)    †Palaeanodonta     †Escavadodontidae   †Escavadodon  †Escavadodon zygus        ?  †Melaniella       †Amelotabes     †Epoicotheriidae             †Epoicotherium     †Molaetherium       †Xenocranium   †Epoicotheriinae     †Tetrapassalus       †Dipassalus       †Alocodontulum     †Auroratherium     †Pentapassalus     †Tubulodon      ?  †Arcticanodon       †Propalaeanodontinae       †Mylanodon       †Brachianodon       †Palaeanodon     †Metacheiromyinae        †Metacheiromys     †Ernanodontidae                    (Pholidota sensu lato)

See also

• Mammal classification
• Palaeanodonta

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5397137 entry