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.
| Metacheiromyidae | |
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| Reconstruction of Metacheiromys marshi | |
| skull of Palaeanodon ignavus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Palaeanodonta |
| Family: | †Metacheiromyidae Wortman, 1903 |
| Type genus | |
| †Metacheiromys Wortman, 1903 | |
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