Patriomanidae
Temporal range: middle to late Eocene
fossil of Patriomanis americana
Artist reconstruction of
Patriomanis americana
compared to the size of an adult human.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Suborder: Eupholidota
Superfamily: Manoidea
Family: †Patriomanidae
Szalay & Schrenk, 1998[1]
Type genus
†Patriomanis
Emry, 1970
Genera

Patriomanidae ("fathers of pangolins") is an extinct family of pangolins from superfamily Manoidea that includes two extinct genera Patriomanis and Cryptomanis.[2]

Taxonomy

  • Family: †Patriomanidae Szalay & Schrenk, 1998
    • Genus: †Cryptomanis Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006
      • †Cryptomanis gobiensis Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006
    • Genus: †Patriomanis Emry, 1970
      • †Patriomanis americana Emry, 1970

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of family Patriomanidae within superfamily Manoidea.[2][3]

 Ferae 

Pan-Carnivora

 Pholidotamorpha 

†Palaeanodonta

 Pholidota 

†Euromanis

 ? 

†Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)

†Eurotamanduidae

 Eupholidota 

†Eomanoidea

 Manoidea 

Manidae

 ? 

†Necromanis

 †Patriomanidae 
 †Cryptomanis 

†Cryptomanis gobiensis

 †Patriomanis 

†Patriomanis americana

 sensu stricto 
 (Pholidota [sensu lato]) 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Frederick S. Szalay and Friedemann Schrenk (1998) "The Middle Eocene Eurotamandua and a Darwinian phylogenetic Analysis." Kaupia 7, pp. 97-186
  2. 1 2 Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media. 16 (4): 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9.
  3. ↑ Kondrashov, Peter; Agadjanian, Alexandre K. (2012). "A nearly complete skeleton of Ernanodon (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (5): 983–1001. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634.


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