Epoicotheriidae
| Epoicotheriidae Temporal range: 55.4–33.9 Ma Eocene-Oligocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Suborder: | †Palaeanodonta |
| Family: |
†Epoicotheriidae Simpson 1927 |
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Alocodontulum |
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Alocodontulum
Auroratherium
Dipassalus
Epoicotherium
Tetrapassalus
Tubulodon
Xenocranium
Epoicotheriidae is an extinct family of pangolin-like insectivore 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. 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.
Epoicotheriidae was named by Simpson in (1927). It was assigned to the Palaeanodonta by Rose (1978) and Carroll (1988)
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