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Pholidota (pangolin)
Taxonomy
Pholidota was named by Weber (1904). It is extant.
It was reranked as the suborder Pholidota by Ameghino (1906) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Anicanodonta by Ameghino (1906); to Edentata by Gregory (1910); to Preptotheria by McKenna (1975); to Eutheria by Nowak (1991); to Cimolesta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Zooamata by Waddell et al. (1999); to Laurasiatheria by Madsen et al. (2001); to Ferae by Waddell et al. (2001) and Asher and Helgen (2010); and to Pholidotamorpha by Kondrashov and Agadjanian (2012).
It was reranked as the suborder Pholidota by Ameghino (1906) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Anicanodonta by Ameghino (1906); to Edentata by Gregory (1910); to Preptotheria by McKenna (1975); to Eutheria by Nowak (1991); to Cimolesta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Zooamata by Waddell et al. (1999); to Laurasiatheria by Madsen et al. (2001); to Ferae by Waddell et al. (2001) and Asher and Helgen (2010); and to Pholidotamorpha by Kondrashov and Agadjanian (2012).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1872 | Squamata Huxley p. 287 |
| 1904 | Pholidota Weber |
| 1906 | Pholidota Ameghino p. 91 |
| 1910 | Pholidota Gregory p. 465 |
| 1975 | Pholidota McKenna p. 43 |
| 1991 | Pholidota Nowak |
| 1997 | Pholidota McKenna and Bell p. 220 |
| 1999 | Pholidota Waddell et al. p. cover |
| 2001 | Pholidota Madsen et al. p. 610 |
| 2001 | Pholidota Waddell et al. p. 148 |
| 2010 | Pholidota Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2012 | Pholidota Kondrashov and Agadjanian |
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