Eupholidota

Eupholidota Temporal range: 47.8–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Eocene - Present
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pholidota
Suborder:	Eupholidota Gaudin, 2009 [1]
Superfamilies
Manoidea †Eomanoidea

Eupholidota ("true pangolins") is a suborder of pangolins that includes two superfamilies: extant Manoidea and extinct Eomanoidea. ^[1]

Taxonomy

• Suborder: Eupholidota(Gaudin, 2009) (true pangolins)
  • Superfamily: Manoidea (Gaudin, 2009) (pangolins)
    • Family: Manidae (Gray, 1821) (pangolins)
    • Family: † Patriomanidae (Szalay & Schrenk, 1998)
    • Incertae sedis
      • Genus: † Necromanis (Filhol, 1894)
  • Superfamily: † Eomanoidea (Gaudin, 2009)
    • Family: †Eomanidae (Storch, 2003)

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of suborder Eupholidota within order Pholidota. ^{[1] [2]}

Ferae	Pan-Carnivora Pholidotamorpha † Palaeanodonta Pholidota † Euromanis ? †Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08) † Eurotamanduidae Eupholidota † Eomanoidea † Eomanidae Manoidea † Patriomanidae ? † Necromanis Manidae sensu stricto (Pholidota [sensu lato])

See also

• Mammal classification
• Pangolin

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. 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 2020-11-16.
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. S2CID   86059673.