Palaeanodonta
Extinct clade of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Palaeanodonta ("ancient toothless animals") is an extinct clade of stem-pangolins. They were insectivorous (myrmecophagous), possibly fossorial, and lived from the middle Paleocene to early Oligocene in North America, Europe and Asia.[3][5][6] While the taxonomic grouping of Palaeanodonta has been debated,[7] it is widely thought that they are a sister group to pangolins.[8][9][5][10]
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Palaeanodonta | |
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From top to bottom: Ernanodon antelios, Xenocranium pileorivale and Metacheiromys marshi | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pholidotamorpha |
Order: | †Palaeanodonta Matthew, 1918[1] |
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