†Cryptomanis Gaudin et al. 2006 (pangolin)
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Mammalia - Pholidota - Patriomanidae
Full reference: T. J. Gaudin, R. J. Emry, and B. Pogue. 2006. A new genus and species of pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the Late Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):146-159
Parent taxon: Patriomanidae according to P. Kondrashov and A. K. Agadjanian 2012
See also Alba et al. 2018, Gaudin et al. 2006, Geisler and Sanders 2003 and Muizon 1987
Sister taxa: Necromanis, Patriomanis
Subtaxa: Cryptomanis gobiensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Twin Obo (Eocene of China)
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