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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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 
 sensu stricto 
 (Pholidota [sensu lato]) 

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  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. Bibcode: 2012JVPal..32..983K. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN  0272-4634. S2CID  86059673.