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.
Patriomanidae Temporal range: Eocene
middle to late | |
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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
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Genera | |
Phylogenetic position of family Patriomanidae within superfamily Manoidea.[2][3]
Ferae |
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