Manis palaeojavanica

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Manis palaeojavanica
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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bones of Manis palaeojavanica (darker)
compared to same bones of
Manis javanica (lighter)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Family: Manidae
Genus: Manis
Subgenus: Paramanis
Species:
†M. palaeojavanica
Binomial name
†Manis palaeojavanica
Dubois, 1907[1]
Synonyms
list of synonyms:
  • Manis palaejavanica (Dubois, 1908)[2]
  • Manis palaejavanico (Weber, 1928)[3]
  • Manis palaeojavanicus (Dubois, 1907)
  • Manis paleojavanica (Raven, 1935)[4]

Manis palaeojavanica (literally "ancient Javan pangolin"), is an extinct species of gigantic pangolin that was native to Southeast Asia during the Late Pleistocene epoch.[5]

In 1926, E. Dubois described the bones of M. palaeojavanica discovered in Java. Later, Lord Medway excavated another set of bones at the Niah Caves in Malaysia. In 1960, D. A. Hoojier identified these bones as that of an extinct species. Using carbon dating, the Niah Caves bones were determined to be 42,000–47,000 years old.[6]

M. palaeojavanica is known from a nearly complete skeleton, one of only a small handful of largely complete pangolin fossils.[7] Its total length is measured up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft).[8]

References

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  1. ^ Dubois, E. (1907.) "Eenige van Nederlandschen kant verkregen uitkomsten met betrekking tot de kennis der Kendeng-fauna (Fauna van Trinil)." Tijdschr. Kon. Ned. Aardr. Gen., Serie 2 (24):449-458
  2. ^ Dubois, E. (1908.) "Das Geologische Alter der Kendengoder Trinil-Fauna." Tijdschr. Kon. Ned. Aardr. Gen., Serie 2 (25):1235-1270, pl. 39.
  3. ^ Max Weber (1928.) "Die Säugetiere", vol. 2, Jena, p. 185
  4. ^ Raven, Henry Cushier (1935.) "Wallace's line and the distribution of Indo-Australian mammals." Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 68, article 4
  5. ^ Corlett, Richard T. (May 2007). "The Impact of Hunting on the Mammalian Fauna of Tropical Asian Forests". Biotropica. 39 (3): 292–303. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00271.x. ISSN 0006-3606.
  6. ^ Quentin Phillipps; Karen Phillipps (2016). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo and Their Ecology: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan. Princeton University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-691-16941-5.
  7. ^ Gaudin, Timothy J.; Emry, Robert J.; Wible, John R. (December 2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16 (4): 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. ISSN 1064-7554. S2CID 1773698.
  8. ^ Hooijer, D.A., 1947 - A femur of Manis palaeojavanica Dubois from Western Java - Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen 50 (4): 423-418


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