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Miniopterus fossilis

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Miniopteridae

Taxonomy
Miniopterus fossilis was named by Zapfe (1950). It is not extant. Its type specimen is ColZ.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. schreibersii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe pp. 51-64
1950Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe and Dêvinská Nová Ves pp. 51-64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
familyMiniopteridaeDobson 1875
genusMiniopterusBonaparte 1837
speciesfossilisZapfe 1950

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe 1950
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Diagnosis
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