Euromanis

Genus of mammals

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

Euromanis ("european pangolin") is one of the earliest known pangolin genera. It lived during the middle 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]

 Ferae 

Pan-Carnivora

 Pholidotamorpha 

Palaeanodonta

 Pholidota 
 †Euromanis 

Euromanis krebsi

 ? 

†Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)

 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 2020-11-16.
  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" (PDF). Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 50 (3): 545–548.
  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.
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Mammals of clade Pholidotamorpha
Order:
Pholidota
Suborder:
Eupholidota
Superfamily:
Manoidea
Family:
Manidae
  • See in template: Manidae
Family:
Patriomanidae
Superfamily:
Eomanoidea
Family:
Eomanidae
Family:
Eurotamanduidae
other
representatives
  • Euromanis
  • †Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)
Order:
Palaeanodonta
Family:
Epoicotheriidae
(paraphyletic family)
  • Alocodontulum
  • Amelotabes
  • Auroratherium
  • Dipassalus
  • Tubulodon
Subfamily:
Epoicotheriinae
(paraphyletic subfamily)
  • Pentapassalus
  • Tetrapassalus
Epoicotherium/Xenocranium
clade
Family:
Ernanodontidae
Family:
Metacheiromyidae
(paraphyletic family)
  • Brachianodon
  • Mylanodon
Subfamily:
Metacheiromyinae
(paraphyletic subfamily)
Subfamily:
†Propalaeanodontinae
  • Propalaeanodon
  • Arcticanodon
  • Melaniella
Taxon identifiers
Euromanis
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