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Manoidea

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Manoidea
Temporal range: 42.0–0 Ma
Middle Eocene - Present
Living pangolins
Artist reconstruction of
Patriomanis americana
compared to the size of an adult human.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Pholidota
Suborder: Eupholidota
Superfamily: Manoidea
Gaudin, 2009[1]
Families

Manoidea ("spirits") is a superfamily of pangolins from suborder Eupholidota that includes extant family Manidae, extinct family Patriomanidae and extinct genus Necromanis.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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Phylogeny

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Phylogenetic position of superfamily Manoidea within order Pholidota based on Rose (2026.) study:[3]

outhgroup

 Pholidotamorpha 
 Pholidota 
 Eupholidota 

Eomanoidea

 Manoidea 
 sensu stricto 
 (Pholidota [sensu lato]) 

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 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.
  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. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..983K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86059673.
  3. Rose, K. D.; Rabenstein, R.; Habersetzer, J.; Gaudin, T. J. (2026). "Anatomy of Eurotamandua joresi (Mammalia) from Grube Messel, Germany, based on computed tomography, and implications for its relationships. Part I: Background and forelimb". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-025-00686-x.