Euromanis

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

Euromanis
Temporal range: 48.6–40.4 Ma Middle Eocene
Fossil of Euromanis krebsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Genus: †Euromanis
Gaudin, 2009[1]
Type species
†Euromanis krebsi
Storch & Martin, 1994[2]
Synonyms

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Euromanis within order Pholidota.[1][4]

 Pholidotamorpha 
 

†Palaeanodonta

 
 Pholidota 
 
 

Eupholidota

 
 

†Eurotamanduidae

 
 
 ? 

†pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)

 
 †Euromanis 

†Euromanis krebsi

 
 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.
  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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634.
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