Tadarida engesseri Rachl 1983 (free-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Full reference: R. Rachl. 1983. Die Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus den mittelmiozänen Kalken des Nordlinger Rieses (Suddeutschland). Thesis Doct, Ludwig-Maximilians. Universität München. 1-284

Belongs to Tadarida according to R. Rachl 1983

Sister taxa: Tadarida aegyptiaca, Tadarida aurispinosa, Tadarida brasiliensis, Tadarida constantinei, Tadarida laticaudata, Tadarida leptognatha, Tadarida rusingae, Tadarida teniotis

Type specimen: BSP 170 XVIII 1103, a partial skull (calvarium). Its type locality is Steinberg, close to Nördlingen, which is in a MN 6 fluvial-lacustrine limestone in Germany.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Steinberg, close to Nördlingen

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