Order Pholidota Weber 1904 (pangolin)
PaleoDB taxon number: 43658
Synonym: Squamata Huxley 1872 (taxon 77290)
Parent taxon: Pholidotamorpha according to P. Kondrashov and A. K. Agadjanian 2012
Sister taxon: Palaeanodonta
Subtaxa: Eomanidae, Eupholidota, Eurotamandua, Leptomanis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore