Pholidota

From Palaeos

<==Pholidota
   |  i. s.: Eomanis waldi
   |         Leptomanis edwardsi
   |         Necromanis quercyi
   |         Teutomanis
   `--Manidae
        |--Patriomanis americanus
        |--Manis Linnaeus 1758
        |    |--M. aurita
        |    |--M. crassicaudata
        |    |--M. javanica
        |    |--M. lydekkeri
        |    |--M. palaeojavanica
        |    |--M. pentadactyla Linnaeus 1758
        |    `--M. tetradactyla
        `--Phataginus Rafinesque 1821
             |--P. (Phataginus)
             |    |--P. (P.) longicaudata
             |    `--P. (P.) tricuspis [=Manis tricuspis]
             `--P. (Smutsia Gray 1865)
                  |--P. (S.) giganteus [=Manis gigantea]
                  `--P. (S.) temmincki [=Manis temminckii]

* Type species of generic name indicated

References

Asher, R. J., M. J. Novacek & J. H. Geisler. 2003. Relationships of endemic African mammals and their fossil relatives based on morphological and molecular evidence. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 10 (1-2): 131-194.

Bergqvist, L. P., E. A. L. Abrantes & L. dos S. Avilla. 2004. The Xenarthra (Mammalia) of São José de Itaboraí Basin (upper Paleocene, Itaboraian), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Geodiversitas 26 (2): 323-337.

MacPhee, R. D. E. 1994. Morphology, adaptations, and relationships of Plesiorycteropus, and a diagnosis of a new order of eutherian mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 220: 1-214.

Patterson, B. 1978. Pholidota and Tubulidentata. In Evolution of African Mammals (V. J. Maglio & H. B. S. Cooke, eds.) pp. 268-278. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

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