Patriomanis

Patriomanis Temporal range: 37.0–33.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
fossil of Patriomanis americana
Artist reconstruction of Patriomanis americana compared to the size of an adult human.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pholidota
Suborder:	Eupholidota
Superfamily:	Manoidea
Family:	†Patriomanidae
Genus:	†Patriomanis Emry, 1970
Type species
†Patriomanis americana Emry, 1970[1]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: P. americana: Patriomanis americanus (Emry, 1970)

Patriomanis ("father of pangolins") is an extinct genus of pangolin from extinct family Patriomanidae. It lived from the late Eocene to early Oligocene of North America and it currently represents the only pangolin known from the Western Hemisphere. The genus contains one species, P. americana, which is known from six specimens, mostly from the Chadronian White River Formation of Wyoming. It had long digits and a prehensile tail, suggesting that it was arboreal, and its jaw was capable of opening wider than modern pangolins. Its ears and the hair between its scales were also longer than modern pangolins.[2]

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Patriomanis within family Patriomanidae.[3][4]

Ferae	Pan-Carnivora  Pholidotamorpha  †Palaeanodonta  Pholidota  †Euromanis  ?  †Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08) †Eurotamanduidae  Eupholidota  †Eomanoidea  Manoidea  Manidae  ?  †Necromanis  †Patriomanidae  †Cryptomanis  †Patriomanis  †Patriomanis americana  sensu stricto   (Pholidota [sensu lato])

See also

• Mammal classification
• Patriomanidae

References

1. R. J. Emry. (1970.) "A North American Oligocene pangolin and other additions to the Pholidota." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 142(6)
2. Gaudin, T. J.; Emry, R. J.; Morris, J. (2016). "Skeletal anatomy of the North American pangolin Patriomanis americana (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the Latest Eocene of Wyoming (USA)". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (98): vii-102. doi:10.5479/si.1943-6688.98.
3. 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 2020-12-18.
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.