Family Myrmecophagidae (edentate)
Mammalia - Xenarthra - 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
Type: Myrmecophaga
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
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