Family Myrmecophagidae (edentate)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Myrmecophagidae

Synonyms: Adiastaltidae Ameghino 1894, Anathitidae Ameghino 1894

Parent taxon: Vermilingua according to H. G. McDonald et al. 2008

See also Ameghino 1889, Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Gaudin and Branham 1998, Nowak 1991 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxon: Cyclopedidae

Subtaxa: Myrmecophaga Myrmecophagina Myrmecophaginae Palaeomyrmedon

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Type: Myrmecophaga

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections), Panama (1), Peru (1), Venezuela (1)

• Blancan of Mexico (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (4)

• Miocene of Argentina (5), Colombia (2)

Total: 19 collections including 26 occurrences

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