Cryptomanis gobiensis Gaudin et al. 2006 (pangolin)

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

Belongs to Cryptomanis according to D. M. Alba et al. 2018

See also Gaudin et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 26140. Its type locality is Twin Obo, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Shara Murun Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Twin Obo

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