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.R. M. Schoch (1984.) "Revision of Metacheiromys (Wortman, 1903) and a review of the Palaeanodonta." Postilla 192:1-28
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)
See also Mammal classification Palaeanodonta
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