- Source: Metacheiromyidae
Metacheiromyidae ("next to Cheiromys") is an extinct paraphyletic family of myrmecophagous placental mammals within extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to middle Eocene.
Classification and phylogeny
= Taxonomy
=Family: †Metacheiromyidae (paraphyletic family) (Pilgrim, 1932)
Genus: †Brachianodon (Gunnell & Gingerich, 1993)
†Brachianodon westorum (Gunnell & Gingerich, 1993)
Genus: †Mylanodon (Secord, 2002)
†Mylanodon rosei (Secord, 2002)
Subfamily: †Metacheiromyinae (paraphyletic subfamily) (Wortman, 1903)
Genus: †Metacheiromys (Wortman, 1903)
†Metacheiromys dasypus (Osborn, 1904)
†Metacheiromys marshi (Wortman, 1903)
Genus: †Palaeanodon (Matthew, 1918)
†Palaeanodon ignavus (Matthew, 1918)
†Palaeanodon nievelti (Gingerich, 1989)
†Palaeanodon parvulus (Matthew, 1918)
†Palaeanodon sp. [Le Quesnoy] (Gheerbrant, 2005)
Subfamily: †Propalaeanodontinae (Schoch, 1984)
Genus: †Propalaeanodon (Rose, 1979)
†Palaeanodon parvulus (Rose, 1979)
= Phylogenetic tree
=The phylogenetic relationships of family Metacheiromyidae are shown in the following cladogram:
See also
Mammal classification
Palaeanodonta