After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with species from Alroy, 2002

<==o Pholidota Weber, 1904 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [taxonomic history] (pangolins; muurahaiskävyt)
   |?- †Auroratherium Tong & Wamg, 1997; L.Eoc. EAs.
   |?- †Melaniella timosa Fox, 1984; U.Paleoc. NA.
   |?- †Molaetherium Heissig, 1982?; L.Olig. Eu.
   |?-o †Tubulodon Jepsen, 1932; L.Eoc. NA.
   |  |-- †T. atopum (Rose et al., 1977) [†Alocodon atopum Rose et al., 1977; †Alocodontulum atopum Rose et al., 1978; †Tubulodon atopum Rose et al., 1991, and Rose & Lucas, 2000]
   |  |-- †T. pearcei (Gazin, 1952) [Pentapassaus pearcei Gazin, 1952; †Tubulodon pearcei Rose et al., 1991, and Rose & Lucas, 2000]
   |  |-- †T. taylori Jepsen, 1932
   |  `-- †T. woodi (Guthrie, 1967) [†Palaeanodon woodi Guthrie, 1967; †Pentapassalus woodi Rose, 1978; †Tubulodon woodi Rose et al., 1991, and Rose & Lucas, 2000]
   |-- †Escavadodon zygus Rose & Lucas, 2000 [Escavadodontidae Rose & Lucas, 2000]
   `--+--o †Epoicotheriidae Simpson, 1927
      |  |-- †Amelotabes simpsoni Rose, 1978; U.Paleoc. NA.
      |  |?- †Alocodontulum atopum (Rose, Bown & Simons, 1977) Rose, Bown & Simons, 1978 [†Alocodon atopum  Rose, Bown & Simons, 1977 (non Alocodon kuehnei Thulborn, 1973; a dinosaur tooth (Ornithopoda)); †Tubulodon atopum Rose et al., 1991, and Rose & Lucas, 2000] L.Eoc. NA.
      |  |?- †Pentapassalus Gazin, 1952 [†Palaeanodon woodi Guthrie, 1967; †Pentapassalus woodi Rose, 1978; †Tubulodon woodi Rose et al., 1991, and Rose & Lucas, 2000] L.Eoc. NA.
      |  |?- †Dipassalus oryctes Rose, Krishtalka & Stucky, 1991; L.-M.Eoc. NA.
      |  |--o †Tetrapassalus Simpson, 1959a; M.Eoc. NA.
      |  |  |-- †T. mckennai Simpson, 1959a
      |  |  `-- †T. proius West, 1973c
      |  |--o †Epoicotherium Simpson, 1927 [†Xenotherium Douglass, 1906 (nonXenotherium Ameghino, 1904, a notoungulate); †Pseudochrysochloris Turnbull & Reed, 1967] U.Eoc. NA. ?L.Olig. Eu.
      |  |  `-- †E. unicum (Douglass, 1904) [†Xenotherium unicum Douglass, 1905; Epoicotherium unicum Simpson, 1927, Scott, 1941, and Tabrum & Nichols, 2001; Pseudochrysochloris yoderensis Turnbull & Reed, 1967; = Epoicotherium unicum Kihm, 1987]
      |  `-- †Xenocranium pileorivale Colbert, 1942; U.Eoc.-L.Olig. NA.
      `--+-- Manidae Gray, 1821 (true pangolins; aitomuurahaiskävyt)
         `--o †Metacheiromyidae Wortman, 1903
            |-- †Propalaeanodon schaffi Rose, 1979; U.Paleoc. NA.
            |--o †Palaeanodon Matthew, 1918; U.Paleoc.-L.Eoc. NA.
            |  |-- †P. sp. [Gheerbrant, Rose & Godinot, 2005] [L.Eoc. WEu.]
            |  |-- †P. parvulus Matthew, 1918b
            |  |-- †P. ignavus Matthew, 1918b
            |  `-- †P. nievelti Gingerich, 1989
            |-- †Brachianodon westorum Gunnell & Gingerich, 1993; M.Eoc. NA.
            `--o †Metacheiromys Wortman, 1903; M.Eoc. NA.
               |-- †M. marshi Wortman, 1903
               |-- †M. tatusia Osborn, 1904
               |-- †M. dasypus Osborn, 1904
               `-- †M. osborni Simpson, 1931a

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