Palaeomyrmidon
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| Palaeomyrmidon Temporal range: Pliocene
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Pocock, 1924
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Palaeomyrmidon
Rovereto , 1914
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| 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 Argentina.[1][2]
References
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<ref>tag; name "paleo" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Rovereto, Cayetano. 1914. Los estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 25: 1-247.
