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]
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^ abGaudin, T.J.; Emry, R.J.; Pogue, B. (2006). "A New Genus and Species of Pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the Late Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 146–159. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[146:ANGASO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85943671.
femural length Cryptomanis was comparable in size to the modern Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica). Phylogenetic position of genus Cryptomanis within family...
Patriomanis and Cryptomanis. Their fossils are found in Asia and North America. Family: †Patriomanidae Szalay & Schrenk, 1998 Genus: †Cryptomanis Gaudin, Emry...
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