Escavadodon
| Escavadodon Temporal range: ~ Early Paleocene
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| File:Escavadodon zygus.jpg | |
| Escavadodon zygus skeleton. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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Escavadodon ("tooth from Escavada") 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] It contains a single species, Escavadodon zygus.
Taxonomy
The monotypic family Escavadodontidae was erected by Rose and Lucas in 2000 to hold the type species, recovered from the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.[2]
Phylogenetic tree
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Escavadodon is shown in the following cladogram:[3][4][5]
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(Pholidota sensu lato)
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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.
- ^ Kenneth D. Rose (2008). "Palaeanodonta and Pholidota". In Janis, Christine M; Gunnell, Gregg F; Uhen, Mark D (eds.). 9 - Palaeanodonta and Pholidota. pp. 135–146. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511541438.010. ISBN 9780511541438.
- ^ Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16 (4). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media: 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. S2CID 1773698.
- ^ Kondrashov, Peter; Agadjanian, Alexandre K. (2012). "A nearly complete skeleton of Ernanodon (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (5): 983–1001. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86059673.
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