Necromanis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{about|the fossil pangolin Necromanis|the similarly named fossil bat|Necromantis}}

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|fossil_range = {{fossil_range|28.8|12.75}} Middle Oligocene to Middle Miocene

|image = Comparison_Sansanosmilus_palmidens_-_Necromanis_franconica.jpg

|image_caption =N. franconica and Sansanosmilus

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|taxon = Necromanis

|authority = Filhol, 1894

|type_species = †Necromanis franconica

|type_species_authority = Quenstedt, 1886

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• †N. franconica {{small|(Quenstedt, 1885)}}Quenstedt, F. A. (1885.) [https://archive.org/details/handbuchderpetr02quengoog/page/n13/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater "Handbuch der Petrefaktenkunde 4th ed."] Verlag der H. Lauppschen Buchhandlung, Tübingen, 1239 p.
• †N. parva {{small|(Koenigswald, 1969)}}Von Wighart, Koenigswald (1969.) [https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Mitt-Bayer-Staatsslg-Pal-hist-Geol_9_0061-0071.pdf "Die Maniden (Pholidota, Mamm.) des europäischen Tertiärs"], München, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie, 9, 61-71
• †N. quercyi {{small|(Filhol, 1894)}}Filhol, M. H. (1894.) [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110739#page/139/mode/1up "Observations concernant quelques mammifères fossiles nouveaux du Quercy."] Annales de Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie), 16, 129-150

|synonyms =

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|Galliaetatus {{small|(Ameghino, 1905)}}

|Leptomanis {{small|(Filhol, 1894)}}

|Necrodasypus {{small|(Filhol, 1894)}}

|Teutomanis {{small|(Ameghino, 1905)}}

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|{{collapsible list |bullets=true |title=N. franconica:

|Galliaetatus schlosseri {{small|(Ameghino, 1905)}}

|Lutra franconica {{small|(Quenstedt, 1885)}}

|Teutomanis franconica

|Teutomanis quenstedti {{small|(Ameghino, 1905)}}

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|Leptomanis edwardsi {{small|(Filhol, 1894)}}

|Necromanis edwardsi {{small|(Koenigswald & Martin, 1990)}}Wighart Von Koenigswald, T. Martin (1990.) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321419799_A_skeleton_of_Necromanis_franconica_a_pangolin_Pholidota_Mammalia_of_the_Aquitanian_from_Saulcet_in_the_Allier_Basin_France A skeleton of Necromanis franconica, a pangolin (Pholidota, Mammalia) of the Aquitanian from Saulcet in the Allier Basin, France], Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 83(3):845-864

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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).Gaudin, Timothy J., Robert J. Emry, and Brandon Pogue. "A new genus and species of pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the late Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26.1 (2006): 146-159. Currently, Necromanis is placed as incertae sedis within the pholidotid superfamily Manoidea, together with the families Manidae and Patriomanidae.

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 lead researchers to reaffirm Teutomanis quercyi's status as distinct from Necromanis.CROCHET, J. Y., HAUTIER, L., & LEHMANN, T. (2015). A pangolin (Manidae, Pholidota, Mammalia) from the French Quercy phosphorites (Pech du Fraysse, Saint-Projet, Tarn-et-Garonne, late Oligocene, MP 28). Palaeovertebrata, 39(2), e4.