Biology:Patriomanidae

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Short description: Extinct family of pangolins

Patriomanidae
Temporal range: 42.0–33.9 Ma
middle to late Eocene
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fossil of Patriomanis americana
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Artist reconstruction of
Patriomanis americana
compared to the size of an adult human.
Scientific classification e
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 

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 Pholidotamorpha 

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 Pholidota 

Euromanis

 ? 

†Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)

Eurotamanduidae

 Eupholidota 

Eomanoidea

 Manoidea 

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 ? 

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. 2.0 2.1 Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis". Journal of Mammalian Evolution (Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media) 16 (4): 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. http://web2.utc.edu/~gvv824/Gaudin%20et%20al%202009.pdf. 
  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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