Euromanis

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

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Pholidota
Genus:Euromanis
Gaudin, 2009[1]
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Euromanis
Temporal range: 47.8–46.3 Ma Middle Eocene
Fossil of Euromanis krebsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Genus: Euromanis
Gaudin, 2009[1]
Type species
Euromanis krebsi
(Storch & Martin, 1994)[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • Е. krebsi
    • Eomanis krebsi Storch & Martin, 1994
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Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Euromanis within order Pholidota based on Kondrashov & Agadjanian (2012.) study:[4]

 Carnivora 

Nandinia

 Pholidotamorpha 

Palaeanodonta

 Pholidota 
 Euromanis 

Euromanis krebsi

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