Protamandua

Protamandua; Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Santacrucian-Mayoan); ~17.5–11.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	Myrmecophagidae
Genus:	†Protamandua; Ameghino, 1904
Type species
	Protamandua rothi; Ameghino, 1904

Protamandua is an extinct genus of anteaters. Its closest living relatives are the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and tamanduas (genus Tamandua). Fossils of Protamandua are restricted to the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It may have been a common ancestor of Myrmecophaga and Tamandua.

References

↑ "Protamandua". Paleontology Database. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
↑ Hirschfeld, S.E. (1976). "A New Fossil Anteater (Edentata, Mammalia) from Colombia and Evolution of the Vermilingua". Journal of Paleontology. 50 (3): 419–432. JSTOR 1303522. Retrieved 2012-07-23.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[paleo-1] "Protamandua". Paleontology Database. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

[2] Hirschfeld, S.E. (1976). "A New Fossil Anteater (Edentata, Mammalia) from Colombia and Evolution of the Vermilingua". Journal of Paleontology. 50 (3): 419–432. JSTOR 1303522. Retrieved 2012-07-23.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)