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.
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Escavadodon is shown in the following cladogram:[3][4][5]
Ferae Pholidotamorpha †Palaeanodonta †Escavadodontidae †Escavadodon†Escavadodon zygus
? †Epoicotheriidae ?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. It contains a single species, Escavadodon zygus, recovered from the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
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