Eupholidota

Eupholidota ("true pangolins") is a suborder of pangolins that includes two superfamilies: extant Manoidea and extinct Eomanoidea.[1]

Eupholidota
Temporal range: 48.6–0 Ma Middle Eocene - Present
Living pangolins
Life reconstruction of
Eomanis waldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Suborder: Eupholidota
Gaudin, 2009[1]
Superfamilies

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of suborder Eupholidota within order Pholidota.[1][2]

 Pholidotamorpha 

Palaeanodonta

 Pholidota 

Euromanis

 ? 

†pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)

Eurotamanduidae

 Eupholidota 
 Eomanoidea 

Eomanidae

 Manoidea 

Patriomanidae

 ? 

Necromanis

Manidae

 sensu stricto 
 (Pholidota sensu lato) 

References

  1. Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media. 16 (4): 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. S2CID 1773698.
  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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86059673.
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