Patriomanidae

Patriomanidae
Temporal range: middle to late Eocene
fossil of Patriomanis americana
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
Family: Patriomanidae
Szalay & Schrenk, 1998
Type genus
Patriomanis
Emry, 1970
Genera

Patriomanidae ("fathers of pangolins") is an extinct family of pangolins from superfamily Manoidea that includes two extinct genera Patriomanis and Cryptomanis. Their fossils are found in Asia and North America.