Jaegeria cambayensis Bajpai et al. 2005 (bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera

Full reference: S. Bajpai, V. V. Kapur, J. G. M. Thewissen, B. N. Tiwari, and D. P. Das. 2005. First fossil marsupials from India: Early Eocene Indodelphis n. gen. and Jaegeria n. gen. from Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat, Gujarat. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 50(1):147-151

Belongs to Jaegeria according to T. Smith et al. 2007

See also Bajpai et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IITR/SB/VLM 604. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine

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