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Palaeonycteris

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Extinct genus of bats

Palaeonycteris
Upper and lower maxilla of Palaeonycteris robustus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: †Palaeonycteris
Pomel, 1853

Palaeonycteris is an extinct genus of the horseshoe bat family. It is the only genus in the family besides Rhinolophus and the also extinct Protorhinolophus. It is known from the Oligocene of Europe. The type species of the genus is Palaeonycteris robustus.

Several species have been assigned to this genus:

  • Palaeonycteris insignis von Meyer, 1845
  • Palaeonycteris praecox von Meyer, 1845
  • Palaeonycteris robustus Pomel, 1853

References

  1. Hall, Leslie (1989). "Rhinolophidae". In Walton, D.W.; Richardson, B.J. (eds.). Fauna of Australia (PDF). AGPS Canberra.
  2. ^ Palmer, T. S. (1904). "A List of the Genera and Families of Mammal". North American Fauna (23): 503.
  3. Brinkkötter, J. J.; Martin, T. (2015). "Small mammals and stratigraphic position of the "Großberg-Bank" (Lower Oberrad Formation, MN1, early Miocene) at Laubenheim Quarry in the Mainz Basin, SW Germany, and their implications for early Miocene biostratigraphy". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (4): 995–1022. Bibcode:2015PalZ...89..995B. doi:10.1007/s12542-015-0268-2. S2CID 127853642.
  4. ^ Trouessart, Edouard Louis (1899). Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium a doctore E.-L. Trouessart (in Latin). R. Friedländer & sohn. p. 124.
Taxon identifiers
Palaeonycteris


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