Epoicotheriidae
Epoicotheriidae is an extinct family of pangolin-like insectivorous mammals which were endemic to North America from the Eocene to the Oligocene 55.4—33.9 Ma existing for approximately 21.5 million years.[1] Epoicotheriids were highly specialized animals that were convergent with the golden moles of Africa in the structure of their skulls and forelimbs, and would have had a similar lifestyle as subterranean burrowers.
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Family: | †Epoicotheriidae Simpson 1927 |
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Taxonomy
Epoicotheriidae was named by Simpson in (1927). It was assigned to the Palaeanodonta by Rose (1978)[2] and Carroll (1988)
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References
- "Classification of the family Epoicotheriidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- Rose, Kenneth D. (1978). "A New Paleocene Epoicotheriid (Mammalia), with Comments on the Palaeanodonta". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (3): 658–674. JSTOR 1303970.
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