Patriomanis

Patriomanis Temporal range: 37.0–33.7  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
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
Suborder:	Eupholidota
Superfamily:	Manoidea
Family:	† Patriomanidae
Genus:	† Patriomanis Emry, 1970
Type species
†Patriomanis americana Emry, 1970 [1]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: P. americana: Patriomanis americanus(Emry, 1970)

Patriomanis ("father of pangolins") is an extinct genus of pangolin from extinct family Patriomanidae. ^[2] It lived from the late Eocene to early Oligocene of North America and it currently represents the only pangolin known from the Western Hemisphere. The genus contains one species, P. americana, which is only known from six specimens, mostly from the Chadronian White River Formation of Wyoming. It had long digits and a prehensile tail, suggesting that it was arboreal, and its jaw was capable of opening wider than modern pangolins. Its ears and the hair between its scales were also longer than modern pangolins. ^[3]

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Patriomanis within order Pholidota based on Kondrashov & Agadjanian (2012.) study: ^[4]

	Eulipotyphla   Erinaceus   Carnivora   Nandinia   Pholidotamorpha   † Palaeanodonta   Pholidota   † Euromanis † Afredentata   Eupholidota   † Eomanoidea   Manoidea   Manidae  ?  † Necromanis  † Patriomanidae   † Cryptomanis  † Patriomanis   †Patriomanis americana

See also

• Mammal classification
• Patriomanidae

References

1. R. J. Emry. (1970.) "A North American Oligocene pangolin and other additions to the Pholidota." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 142(6)
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. S2CID   1773698. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
3. Gaudin, T. J.; Emry, R. J.; Morris, J. (2016). "Skeletal anatomy of the North American pangolin Patriomanis americana (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the Latest Eocene of Wyoming (USA)". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (98): vii-102. doi: 10.5479/si.1943-6688.98 .
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.