Patriomanidae ("fathers of pangolins") is a
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
family of
pangolins from superfamily
Manoidea that includes two extinct genera ''
Patriomanis
''Patriomanis'' ("father of pangolins") is an extinct genus of pangolin from extinct family Patriomanidae. It lived during the Eocene of North America and it currently represents the only pangolin known from the Western Hemisphere. The genus co ...
'' and ''
Cryptomanis''.
Taxonomy
* Family:
†Patriomanidae
** Genus: †''
Cryptomanis''
*** †''Cryptomanis gobiensis''
** Genus: †''
Patriomanis
''Patriomanis'' ("father of pangolins") is an extinct genus of pangolin from extinct family Patriomanidae. It lived during the Eocene of North America and it currently represents the only pangolin known from the Western Hemisphere. The genus co ...
''
*** †''Patriomanis americana''
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic position of family Patriomanidae within superfamily Manoidea.
References
Prehistoric pangolins
Prehistoric mammal families
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