Euromanis

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Euromanis
Temporal range: 47.8–46.3 
Ma
↓
 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

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. ^
    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. S2CID 86059673
    .
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