Escavadodon

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.^[1][2] It contains a single species, Escavadodon zygus, recovered from the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

Escavadodon Temporal range: 61.4–60.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Paleocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Palaeanodonta
Family:	†Escavadodontidae Rose & Lucas, 2000
Genus:	†Escavadodon Rose & Lucas, 2000[1]
Type species
†Escavadodon zygus Rose & Lucas, 2000

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of genus Escavadodon is shown in the following cladogram:^[3][4][5]

Ferae	Pan-Carnivora Pholidotamorpha Pholidota (sensu stricto) †Palaeanodonta †Escavadodontidae †Escavadodon †Escavadodon zygus ? †Melaniella †Amelotabes †Epoicotheriidae †Epoicotherium †Molaetherium †Xenocranium †Epoicotheriinae †Tetrapassalus †Dipassalus †Alocodontulum †Auroratherium †Pentapassalus †Tubulodon ? †Arcticanodon †Propalaeanodontinae †Mylanodon †Brachianodon †Palaeanodon †Metacheiromyinae †Metacheiromys †Ernanodontidae (Pholidota sensu lato)	†Epoicotherium/Xenocranium clade †Metacheiromyidae

See also

• Mammal classification
• Palaeanodonta