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Myrmecophaginae

Osteichthyes - Myrmecophagidae

Taxonomy
Myrmecophaginae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Myrmecophagidae by Gaudin and Branham (1998).

Subtaxa
Neotamandua, Protamandua (syn. Promyrmephagus), Tamandua
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Myrmecophaginae Gaudin and Branham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
familyMyrmecophagidae
subfamilyMyrmecophaginae
subfamilyMyrmecophaginae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Neotamandua Rovereto 1914
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†Neotamandua australis Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
†Neotamandua borealis Hirschfeld 1976
†Neotamandua conspicua Rovereto 1914
†Neotamandua greslebini Kraglievich 1940
†Neotamandua magna Ameghino 1919
G. †Protamandua Ameghino 1904
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†Protamandua rothi Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Promyrmephagus euryarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Invalid names: Promyrmephagus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
G. Tamandua Gray 1825 [tamandua]
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Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860 [Northern tamandua]
Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 [southern tamandua]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:53
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Holocene or 17.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Protamandua rothi (176581 176584 176585) Protamandua rothi, Promyrmephagus euryarthrus, Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus (27313)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) Neotamandua australis (74646)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Neotamandua borealis (136211 187114)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Neotamandua sp. (157795)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Tamandua tetradactyla (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Tamandua tetradactyla (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Tamandua mexicana (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Tamandua tetradactyla (21686)