Euromanis

Euromanis
Temporal range: 47.8–46.3 Ma
↓
 Middle Eocene
Fossil of Euromanis krebsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Genus: †Euromanis
Gaudin, 2009[1]
Type species
†Euromanis krebsi
(Storch & Martin, 1994)[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • Е. krebsi
    • Eomanis krebsi Storch & Martin, 1994

Euromanis ("european pangolin") is one of the earliest known pangolin genera. It lived during the middle Eocene in Europe. Euromanis fossils found in the Messel Pit in Germany. Unlike modern pangolins, it did not bear scales on its body.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference web2.utc.edu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Storch G, Martin T (1994) "Eomanis krebsi, ein neues Schuppentier aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt (Mammalia: Pholidota)." Berliner geowiss Abh E13:83–97
  3. ^ Horovitz, Inés; Gerhard Storch & Thomas Martin (2005). "Ankle structure in Eocene pholidotan mammal Eomanis krebsi and its taxonomic implications" (PDF). Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 50 (3): 545–548.