†Neotamandua Rovereto 1914 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Myrmecophagidae
Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247
Parent taxon: Myrmecophaginae according to T. J. Gaudin and D. G. Branham 1998
See also Carroll 1988, McDonald et al. 2008 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Protamandua, Tamandua
Subtaxa: Neotamandua australis Neotamandua borealis Neotamandua conspicua Neotamandua greslebini Neotamandua magna
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Colombia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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