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
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

Last updated January 05, 2026

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.

References

1 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.
↑ Paleobiology Database: Escavadodontidae basic info.

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[RoseLucas2000-1] 1 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.

[2] Paleobiology Database: Escavadodontidae basic info.

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Escavadodon

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