Cryptomanis

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Cryptomanis
Temporal range: 42.0–39.9  Ma
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middle Eocene [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Suborder: Eupholidota
Superfamily: Manoidea
Family: Patriomanidae
Genus: Cryptomanis
Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006 [2]
Type species
Cryptomanis gobiensis
Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006

Cryptomanis ("hidden pangolin") is an extinct genus of pangolin from extinct family Patriomanidae. The genus is only known from the holotype specimen from middle Eocene deposits from Inner Mongolia, China. The holotype, AMNH 26140, was for years labeled as an unnamed pangolin in the fossil collection for decades. The remains consist of an incomplete postcranial specimen, with nearly complete hind limbs, an incomplete pelvis, a complete lumbar series from an incomplete vertebral column, numerous fragmentary remains of rib and sternal bones, a fragmentary scapula, and partially preserved forelimbs. Based on the femural length Cryptomanis was comparable in size to the modern Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica). [2]

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Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Cryptomanis within family Patriomanidae. [3] [4]

Ferae

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Pholidotamorpha

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Pholidota
sensu stricto
(Pholidota [sensu lato])

See also

References

  1. Gaudin, Timothy J.; Gaubert, Philippe; Billet, Guillaume; Hautier, Lionel; Ferreira-Cardoso, Sérgio; Wible, John R. (2020-01-01), Challender, Daniel W. S.; Nash, Helen C.; Waterman, Carly (eds.), "Chapter 1 - Evolution and morphology" , Pangolins, Biodiversity of World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes, Academic Press, pp. 5–23, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-815507-3.00001-0, ISBN   978-0-12-815507-3, S2CID   214085088 , retrieved 2020-02-26
  2. 1 2 Gaudin, T.J.; Emry, R.J.; Pogue, B. (2006). "A New Genus and Species of Pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the Late Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 146–159. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[146:ANGASO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   85943671.
  3. 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. S2CID   1773698. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  4. 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. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..983K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN   0272-4634. S2CID   86059673.