Metacheiromyidae

Extinct family of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Metacheiromyidae ("next to Cheiromys") is an extinct paraphyletic family of myrmecophagous placental mammals within extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to middle Eocene.[2][3][4]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:†Palaeanodonta
Family:†Metacheiromyidae
Wortman, 1903[1]
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Metacheiromyidae
Temporal range: 57.4–46.2 Ma late Paleocene to middle Eocene
Reconstruction of
Metacheiromys marshi
skull of Palaeanodon ignavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Palaeanodonta
Family: †Metacheiromyidae
Wortman, 1903[1]
Type genus
†Metacheiromys
Wortman, 1903
Genera
[see classification]
Synonyms
  • Metachiromyidae (Wortman, 1903)
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Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Family: †Metacheiromyidae (paraphyletic family) (Pilgrim, 1932)
    • Genus: †Brachianodon (Gunnell & Gingerich, 1993)
      • †Brachianodon westorum (Gunnell & Gingerich, 1993)
    • Genus: †Mylanodon (Secord, 2002)
      • †Mylanodon rosei (Secord, 2002)
    • Subfamily: †Metacheiromyinae (paraphyletic subfamily) (Wortman, 1903)
      • Genus: †Metacheiromys (Wortman, 1903)
        • †Metacheiromys dasypus (Osborn, 1904)
        • †Metacheiromys marshi (Wortman, 1903)
      • Genus: †Palaeanodon (Matthew, 1918)
        • †Palaeanodon ignavus (Matthew, 1918)
        • †Palaeanodon nievelti (Gingerich, 1989)
        • †Palaeanodon parvulus (Matthew, 1918)
        • †Palaeanodon sp. [Le Quesnoy] (Gheerbrant, 2005)
    • Subfamily: †Propalaeanodontinae (Schoch, 1984)
      • Genus: †Propalaeanodon (Rose, 1979)
        • †Palaeanodon parvulus (Rose, 1979)

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