Escavadodon

Escavadodon Temporal range: 61.4–60.9  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ 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 [1]
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. ^{[1] [2]} 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: ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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 (Pholidotasensu lato)	†Epoicotherium/Xenocranium clade † Metacheiromyidae

See also

• Mammal classification
• Palaeanodonta

References

1. 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.
2. Paleobiology Database: Escavadodontidae basic info.
3. Kenneth D. Rose (2008). "Palaeanodonta and Pholidota". In Janis, Christine M; Gunnell, Gregg F; Uhen, Mark D (eds.). 9 - Palaeanodonta and Pholidota. pp. 135–146. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511541438.010. ISBN   9780511541438.
4. Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16 (4). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media: 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. S2CID   1773698. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
5. Kondrashov, Peter; Agadjanian, Alexandre K. (2012). "A nearly complete skeleton of Ernanodon (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (5): 983–1001. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN   0272-4634. S2CID   86059673.

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