Protamandua

Protamandua Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Santacrucian-Mayoan) ~17.5–11.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	Myrmecophagidae
Genus:	†Protamandua Ameghino 1904

Protamandua is an extinct genus of anteaters. Its closest living relatives are the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and tamanduas (genus Tamandua). Fossils of Protamandua are restricted to the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.^[1] It may have been a common ancestor of Myrmecophaga and Tamandua.^[2]