Escavadodon

Escavadodon; Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Torrejonian); ~63.3–61.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pholidota
Suborder:	†Palaeanodonta
Family:	†Escavadodontidae
Genus:	†Escavadodon
Type species
	Escavadodon zygus; Rose & Lucas 2000

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]

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

^ Paleobiology Database: Escavadodontidae basic info.
^ 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.

[1] Paleobiology Database: Escavadodontidae basic info.

[RoseLucas2000-2] 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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