Palaeomyrmidon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | Cyclopedidae |
Genus: | †Palaeomyrmidon Rovereto, 1914 |
Species: | †P. incomtus
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Binomial name | |
†Palaeomyrmidon incomtus Rovereto, 1914
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Palaeomyrmidon is an extinct genus of anteater. Its closest living relative is the silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus).[1] Although the silky anteater is arboreal, Palaeomyrmidon lived on the ground.[1] Palaeomyrmidon is known from a fossil skull that was found in the Andalhualá Formation of Argentina.[2][3]