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Pangolin. Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.
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Pangolin — Patriomanis americanus

SAGE Museum Deep Time scientific dossier
Date / Period
Late Eocene — Chadronian · Eocene, Chadronian.
Object Type
skeleton
Medium
representative_scientific_visual
About This Object

Geologic period: Late Eocene — Chadronian

Age: Eocene, Chadronian.

Feeding: Insect-eating ecology is inferred from pangolin anatomy.

Evidence: The skull and skeleton directly establish its pangolin anatomy.

Why it matters: Patriomanis shows that pangolins once lived in North America, far outside the modern Asian and African distribution of the group.

Plain Language Identity: An extinct Eocene pangolin from North America.

What You Are Looking At: A skull and skeleton preserved in matrix from Patriomanis americanus.

Ecosystem: Late Eocene North American terrestrial ecosystem.

Source Urls: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour/current-exhibits/deep-time-virtual-tour-fossil-list; https://www.si.edu/object/patriomanis-americanus-emry:nmnhpaleobiology_11818118

Formation: White River Formation

Find Location: Wyoming, United States.

Enrichment Method: SAGE curated research pass; title + scientific name + source scene matched; chronology and taxonomy conflicts retained rather than silently corrected; evidence separated from inference

Scientific name: Patriomanis americanus

Evidence / representation: Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.

Why It Is In This SAGE Exhibit

Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.

After the Dinosaurs: Mammals, Ice Ages and the World We Inherited.

Provenance
Smithsonian Deep Time source scene: Rainforests Spread Across the Globe
Exhibition History
Included in the SAGE Museum Dinosaurs & Deep Time staging exhibit.
Subjects & Themes
Patriomanis americanus Late Eocene — Chadronian skeleton Rainforests Spread Across the Globe After the Dinosaurs
ORIGINAL COLLECTION SOURCE

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