Escavadodon

Escavadodon is an extinct genus of pangolin-like insectivorous mammal which was endemic to North America during the Early Paleocene (Torrejonian in the NALMA classification), from approximately 63.3 to 61.7 Ma, existing for approximately 1.6 million years.[1]

Escavadodon
Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Torrejonian)
~63.3–61.7 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Pholidota
Suborder:
†Palaeanodonta
Family:
†Escavadodontidae
Genus:
†Escavadodon
Type species
Escavadodon zygus
Rose & Lucas 2000

Taxonomy

The monotypic family Escavadodontidae was erected by Rose and Lucas in 2000 to hold the primitive palaeanodont they named Escavadodon zygus, recovered from the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.[2]

References
  1. Paleobiology Database: Escavadodontidae basic info.
  2. Rose, Kenneth D.; Lucas, Spencer G. (2000). "An early Paleocene palaeanodont (Mammalia, ?Pholidota) from New Mexico, and the origin of Palaeanodonta". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (1): 139–156. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0139:AEPPMP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
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