Biology:Palaeomyrmidon
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Short description: Extinct genus of anteaters
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | Cyclopedidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomyrmidon Rovereto, 1914 |
| Species: | †P. incomtus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeomyrmidon incomtus Rovereto, 1914
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Palaeomyrmidon is an extinct genus of anteater. Its closest living relative is the silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus).[1] Although the silky anteater is arboreal, Palaeomyrmidon lived on the ground.[1] Palaeomyrmidon is known from a fossil skull that was found in the Andalhualá Formation of Argentina .[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Palaeomyrmidon". Paleontology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=83038. Retrieved 2014-10-26. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "Neotamandua". Paleontology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43655. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ Rovereto, Cayetano. 1914. Los estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 25: 1-247.
Wikidata ☰ Q7126451 entry
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