Biology:Euromanis

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Short description: Genus of mammals

Euromanis
Temporal range: 47.8–46.3 Ma
Middle Eocene
Euromanis krebsi.jpg
Fossil of Euromanis krebsi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Genus: Euromanis
Gaudin, 2009[1]
Type species
Euromanis krebsi
Storch & Martin, 1994[2]
Synonyms

Euromanis ("european pangolin") is one of the earliest known pangolin genera. It lived during the Eocene in Europe. Euromanis fossils found in the Messel Pit in Germany . Unlike modern pangolins, it did not bear scales on its body.[3][1]

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Euromanis within order Pholidota.[1][4]

 Pholidotamorpha 

Palaeanodonta Metacheiromys DB152-2.jpg

 Pholidota 

Eupholidota Pangolin Hardwicke (white background).jpg

Eurotamanduidae

 ? 

†pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)

 †Euromanis 

Euromanis krebsi

 sensu stricto 
 (Pholidota sensu lato) 

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. Storch G, Martin T (1994) "Eomanis krebsi, ein neues Schuppentier aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt (Mammalia: Pholidota)." Berliner geowiss Abh E13:83–97
  3. Horovitz, Inés; Gerhard Storch; Thomas Martin (2005). "Ankle structure in Eocene pholidotan mammal Eomanis krebsi and its taxonomic implications". Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 50 (3): 545–548. https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app50/app50-545.pdf. 
  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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634. 

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