Necromanis

This article is about the fossil pangolin Necromanis. For the similarly named fossil bat, see Necromantis.

Necromanis ("extinct pangolin") is an extinct genus of pangolin from superfamily Manoidea. It lived from the middle Oligocene to middle Miocene in Europe. It was originally placed within family Manidae, but was eventually removed from it as more fossil pholidotids from outside that family were found and studied more extensively (i.e., with the discovery and study of Eomanis and Patriomanis).^[5] Currently, Necromanis is placed as incertae sedis within the pholidotid superfamily Manoidea, together with the families Manidae and Patriomanidae.^[6]

Necromanis Temporal range: 28.8–12.75 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Oligocene to Middle Miocene
N. franconica and Sansanosmilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pholidota
Suborder:	Eupholidota
Superfamily:	Manoidea
Genus:	†Necromanis Filhol, 1894
Type species
†Necromanis franconica Quenstedt, 1886
Species
†N. franconica (Quenstedt, 1885)[1] †N. parva (Koenigswald, 1969)[2] †N. quercyi (Filhol, 1894)[3]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Galliaetatus (Ameghino, 1905) Leptomanis (Filhol, 1894) Necrodasypus (Filhol, 1894) Teutomanis (Ameghino, 1905) synonyms of species: N. franconica: Galliaetatus schlosseri (Ameghino, 1905) Lutra franconica (Quenstedt, 1885) Teutomanis franconica Teutomanis quenstedti (Ameghino, 1905) N. quercyi: Leptomanis edwardsi (Filhol, 1894) Necromanis edwardsi (Koenigswald & Martin, 1990)[4]

N. quercyi was originally placed within Teutomanis by Ameghino in 1905, but was later subsumed into Necromanis. A new fossil humerus attributed to N. franconica from Quercy, France, led researchers to reaffirm Teutomanis quercyi's status as distinct from Necromanis.^[7]

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Necromanis within superfamily Manoidea.^[6][8]

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

See also

• Mammal classification
• Manoidea