Metacheiromyidae

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Metacheiromyidae
Temporal range: 57.4–46.2  Ma
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late Paleocene to middle Eocene
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Reconstruction of
Metacheiromys marshi
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skull of Palaeanodon ignavus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Palaeanodonta
Family: Metacheiromyidae
Wortman, 1903 [1]
Type genus
Metacheiromys
Wortman, 1903
Genera
Synonyms
  • Metachiromyidae (Wortman, 1903)

Metacheiromyidae ("next to Cheiromys") is an extinct paraphyletic family of myrmecophagous placental mammals within extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to middle Eocene. [2] [3]

Contents

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of family Metacheiromyidae are shown in the following cladogram: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

  Ferae  

Pan-Carnivora Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate XI).jpg

  Pholidotamorpha  

Pholidota(sensu stricto) Pangolin Hardwicke (white background).jpg

  Palaeanodonta  

Escavadodontidae

 ? 

Melaniella

Amelotabes

Epoicotheriidae

Epoicotherium

Molaetherium

Xenocranium

Epoicotheriinae

Tetrapassalus

Dipassalus

Alocodontulum

Auroratherium

Pentapassalus

Tubulodon

 ? 

Arcticanodon

  Propalaeanodontinae  
  Propalaeanodon  

Propalaeanodon schaffi

  Mylanodon  

Mylanodon rosei

  Brachianodon  

Brachianodon westorum

  Palaeanodon  

Palaeanodon nievelti

 ? 

Palaeanodon sp. (Le Quesnoy)

Palaeanodon ignavus

Palaeanodon parvulus

Metacheiromyinae

  Metacheiromys  

Metacheiromys dasypus

Metacheiromys marshi

Ernanodontidae

 (Pholidotasensu lato) 
Epoicotherium/Xenocranium clade
Metacheiromyidae

See also

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