Patriomanidae
Appearance
Patriomanidae Temporal range: Eocene
middle to late | |
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fossil of Patriomanis americana | |
Artist reconstruction of Patriomanis americana compared to the size of an adult human. | |
Scientific 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
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Genera | |
Patriomanidae ("fathers of pangolins") is an extinct family of pangolins from superfamily Manoidea that includes two extinct genera Patriomanis and Cryptomanis.[2] Their fossils are found in Asia and North America.
Taxonomy
[edit]- 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
- Genus: †Cryptomanis Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006
Phylogeny
[edit]Phylogenetic position of family Patriomanidae within superfamily Manoidea.[2][3]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Frederick S. Szalay and Friedemann Schrenk (1998) "The Middle Eocene Eurotamandua and a Darwinian phylogenetic Analysis." Kaupia 7, pp. 97-186
- ^ a b Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16 (4). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media: 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ 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.