Kingdom Animalia Suborder †Palaeanodonta Rank Family | Class Mammalia Phylum Chordata Order Pangolin | |
Similar Pangolin, Metacheiromys, Necromanis, Eomanis, Patriomanidae | ||
Epoicotheriidae is an extinct family of pangolin-like insectivore 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. 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) and Carroll (1988)
References
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