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| Manoidea Temporal range: Middle Eocene - Present
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| Living pangolins | |
| Artist reconstruction of Patriomanis americana compared to the size of an adult human. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Suborder: | Eupholidota |
| Superfamily: | Manoidea Gaudin, 2009[1] |
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Manoidea ("spirits") is a superfamily of pangolins from suborder Eupholidota that includes extant family Manidae, extinct family Patriomanidae and extinct genus Necromanis.[1]
Phylogenetic position of superfamily Manoidea within suborder Eupholidota.[1][2]
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