Patriomanidae

Patriomanidae Temporal range: 42.0–33.9  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N middle to late Eocene
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
Genera
† Cryptomanis † Patriomanis

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

• Family: † PatriomanidaeSzalay & Schrenk, 1998
  • Genus: † Cryptomanis Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006
    • †Cryptomanis gobiensisGaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006
  • Genus: † Patriomanis Emry, 1970
    • †Patriomanis americanaEmry, 1970

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of family Patriomanidae within superfamily Manoidea. ^{[2] [3]}

Ferae	Pan-Carnivora 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])

See also

• Mammal classification
• Manoidea

References

1. Frederick S. Szalay and Friedemann Schrenk (1998) "The Middle Eocene Eurotamandua and a Darwinian phylogenetic Analysis." Kaupia 7, pp. 97-186
2. 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.
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.