Escavadodon
Extinct family of mammals
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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: middle Paleocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
