Cryptomanis

Cryptomanis ("hidden pangolin") is an extinct genus of pangolin from extinct family Patriomanidae. The genus is only known from the holotype specimen from middle Eocene deposits from Inner Mongolia, China. The holotype, AMNH 26140, was for years labeled as an unnamed pangolin in the fossil collection for decades. The remains consist of an incomplete postcranial specimen, with nearly complete hind limbs, an incomplete pelvis, a complete lumbar series from an incomplete vertebral column, numerous fragmentary remains of rib and sternal bones, a fragmentary scapula, and partially preserved forelimbs. Based on the femural length Cryptomanis was comparable in size to the modern Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica).^[2]

Cryptomanis Temporal range: 42.0–39.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Eocene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pholidota
Suborder:	Eupholidota
Superfamily:	Manoidea
Family:	†Patriomanidae
Genus:	†Cryptomanis Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006[2]
Type species
†Cryptomanis gobiensis Gaudin, Emry, and Pogue, 2006

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Cryptomanis within family Patriomanidae.^[3][4]

Ferae	Pan-Carnivora Pholidotamorpha †Palaeanodonta Pholidota †Euromanis ? †Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08) †Eurotamanduidae Eupholidota †Eomanoidea Manoidea Manidae ? †Necromanis †Patriomanidae †Patriomanis †Cryptomanis †Cryptomanis gobiensis sensu stricto (Pholidota [sensu lato])

See also

• Mammal classification
• Patriomanidae