Epoicotheriidae

Epoicotheriidae; Temporal range: 55.4–33.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Eocene-Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pholidota
Suborder:	†Palaeanodonta
Family:	†Epoicotheriidae; Simpson 1927
Genera
	Alocodontulum ; Auroratherium; Dipassalus; Epoicotherium; Tetrapassalus; Tubulodon; Xenocranium

Epoicotheriidae is an extinct family of pangolin-like insectivorous mammals which were endemic to North America from the Eocene to the Oligocene 55.4—33.9 Ma existing for approximately 21.5 million years.^[1] Epoicotheriids were highly specialized animals that were convergent with the golden moles of Africa in the structure of their skulls and forelimbs, and would have had a similar lifestyle as subterranean burrowers.

Taxonomy

Epoicotheriidae was named by Simpson in (1927). It was assigned to the Palaeanodonta by Rose (1978)^[2] and Carroll (1988)

References

^ ^a ^b "Classification of the family Epoicotheriidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^ Rose, Kenneth D. (1978). "A New Paleocene Epoicotheriid (Mammalia), with Comments on the Palaeanodonta". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (3): 658–674. JSTOR 1303970.

[PaleoDB-1] "Classification of the family Epoicotheriidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[Rose1978-2] Rose, Kenneth D. (1978). "A New Paleocene Epoicotheriid (Mammalia), with Comments on the Palaeanodonta". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (3): 658–674. JSTOR 1303970.

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