Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Myrmecophagidae
Alternative spelling: Myrmecophagus
Synonyms: Falcifer Rehn 1900, Nunezia Kraglievich 1934
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Myrmecophagidae according to H. G. McDonald et al. 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Gaudin and Branham 1998, Gray 1825, Hirschfeld 1976, Linnaeus 1758, McKenna and Bell 1997, Salles et al. 2006 and Smith 2007
Sister taxa: Myrmecophagina, Myrmecophaginae, Palaeomyrmedon
Subtaxa: Myrmecophaga tridactyla Nunezia caroloameghinoi
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (2 collections), Peru (1), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (3)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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