Order Pholidota Weber 1904 (pangolin)
Synonym: Squamata Huxley 1872
Parent taxon: Pholidotamorpha according to P. Kondrashov and A. K. Agadjanian 2012
See also Ameghino 1906, Asher and Helgen 2010, Gregory 1910, Jaekel 1911, Madsen et al. 2001, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nowak 1991, Waddell et al. 2001, Waddell et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxon: Palaeanodonta
Subtaxa: Eomanidae Eupholidota Eurotamandua Leptomanis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore