Biology:Manoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of pangolins

Manoidea
Temporal range: 42.0–0 Ma
Middle Eocene - Present
Living pangolins
Artist reconstruction of
Patriomanis americana
compared to the size of an adult human.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Suborder: Eupholidota
Superfamily: Manoidea
Gaudin, 2009[1]
Families

Manoidea ("spirits") is a superfamily of pangolins from suborder Eupholidota that includes extant family Manidae, extinct family Patriomanidae and extinct genus Necromanis.[1]

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of superfamily Manoidea within suborder Eupholidota.[1][2]

 Ferae 
 

Pan-Carnivora

 
 Pholidotamorpha 
 

†Palaeanodonta

 
 Pholidota 
 

†Euromanis

 
 ? 

†Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)

 
 
 

†Eurotamanduidae

 
 Eupholidota 
 

†Eomanoidea

 
 Manoidea 
 

†Patriomanidae

 
 ? 

†Necromanis

 
 

Manidae

 
 
 
 
 sensu stricto 
 (Pholidota [sensu lato]) 
 

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis". Journal of Mammalian Evolution (Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media) 16 (4): 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. http://web2.utc.edu/~gvv824/Gaudin%20et%20al%202009.pdf. 
  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. 

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