Patriomanidae

Patriomanidae ("fathers of pangolins") is a extinct family of pangolins from superfamily Manoidea that includes two extinct genera Patriomanis and Cryptomanis.[1]

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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Superfamily: Manoidea
Family: †Patriomanidae
Szalay & Schrenk, 1998
Type genus
†Patriomanis
Emry, 1970
Genera

Taxonomy
  • Family: †Patriomanidae
    • Genus: †Cryptomanis
      • †Cryptomanis gobiensis
    • Genus: †Patriomanis
      • †Patriomanis americana

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of family Patriomanidae within superfamily Manoidea.[1][2]

 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) 

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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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