
Eurotamandua Temporal range: Early – Middle Eocene | |
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An artist's illustration of Eurotamandua joresi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Afredentata |
Family: | †Eurotamanduidae |
Genus: | †Eurotamandua |
Species: | †E. joresi Storch, 1981 |
Binomial name | |
Eurotamandua joresi Storch, 1981 |
Eurotamandua is an extinct genus of mammal, formally thought to be xenarthran due to its similar appearance to an anteater. However, it’s now considered to be a basal pangolin. It lived in the Early to middle Eocene in what’s now Germany and fed on insects.