Escavadodon
Introduction '''''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. 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:
See also * Mammal classification* Palaeanodonta
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