| Smutsia olteniensis Temporal range: early Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Family: | Manidae |
| Genus: | Smutsia |
| Species: | †S. olteniensis
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| †Smutsia olteniensis Terhune, Gaudin, Curran & Petculescu, 2021[1]
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Smutsia olteniensis ("pangolin from Olt") is an extinct species of pangolins from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae within family Manidae. Fossilized remains of the species were found in Romania, providing evidence regarding the existence of pangolins in Europe during the Plio-Pleistocene period.[2]
- ^ Terhune, Claire E.; Gaudin, Timothy; Curran, Sabrina; Petculescu, Alexandru (2021-07-04). "The youngest pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from Europe". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (4): e1990075. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E0075T. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1990075. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 245394367.
- ^ McGowan, Matt (2022-01-10). ""Researchers discover fossil of new species of pangolin in Europe"". ScienceDaily.