†Protamandua Ameghino 1904 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Myrmecophagidae
Synonym: Promyrmephagus Ameghino 1904
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Myrmecophaginae according to T. J. Gaudin and D. G. Branham 1998
See also Ameghino 1904, Carroll 1988 and Hirschfeld 1976
Sister taxa: Neotamandua, Tamandua
Subtaxa: Protamandua rothi
Type: Protamandua rothi
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
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