Escavadodon ("tooth from Escavada") is an extinct genus of pangolin-like myrmecophagous placental mammals of extinct monotypic family Escavadodontidae within extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America during the middle Paleocene.Paleobiology Database: Escavadodontidae basic info. It contains a single species, Escavadodon zygus, recovered from the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
See also Mammal classification Palaeanodonta
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