Protamandua

Protamandua; Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Santacrucian-Mayoan); ~17.5–11.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Xenarthra
Order:	Pilosa
Suborder:	Vermilingua
Family:	Myrmecophagidae; Rafinesque 1815
Genus:	Protamandua; Ameghino 1904

Protamandua is an extinct genus of anteaters. Its closest living relatives are the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and tamanduas (genus Tamandua). Fossils of Protamandua are restricted to the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.^[1] It may have been a common ancestor of Myrmecophaga and Tamandua.^[2]

References

↑ "Protamandua". Paleontology Database. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
↑ Hirschfeld, S.E. (1976). "A New Fossil Anteater (Edentata, Mammalia) from Colombia and Evolution of the Vermilingua". Journal of Paleontology. 50 (3). JSTOR 1303522. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

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[paleo-1] "Protamandua". Paleontology Database. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

[2] Hirschfeld, S.E. (1976). "A New Fossil Anteater (Edentata, Mammalia) from Colombia and Evolution of the Vermilingua". Journal of Paleontology. 50 (3). JSTOR 1303522. Retrieved 2012-07-23.