Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Suborder †Palaeanodonta | Phylum Chordata Order Pholidota Rank Family | |
Similar Metacheiromys, Patriomanidae, Necromanis, Pantolestidae, Ernanodon | ||
Escavadodontidae is an extinct family of pangolin-like insectivore mammals which were endemic to North America from the Paleocene 63.3—60.2 Ma existing for approximately 3.1 million years..
Taxonomy
Escavadodontidae was named by Rose and Lucas (2000), who described a primitive Palaeanodont that they named Escavadodon zygus.
References
Escavadodontidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA