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Manis sindiensis

Osteichthyes - Pholidota - Manidae

Taxonomy
Manis sindiensis was named by Lydekker (1876). It is not extant. Its type locality is Near Manchar Lake, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. javanicus, M. palaeojavanica, M. temmincki, M. temmincki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Manis sindiensis Lydekker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—PholidotamorphaGaudin et al. 2009
orderPholidotaWeber 1904
—EupholidotaGaudin et al. 2009
—ManoideaGaudin et al.
familyManidae
genusManis
speciessindiensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Manis sindiensis Lydekker 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:33:46
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Pakistan (Sindh) Manis sindiensis (type locality: 232182)