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Asellia

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae

Taxonomy
Asellia was named by Gray (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hipposideridae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Hipposiderini by Hand and Kirsch (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Asellia Gray p. 493
1980Asellia Kurten and Anderson
2003Asellia Hand and Kirsch p. 1148

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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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyRhinolophoidea
familyHipposideridaeLydekker 1891
tribeHipposideriniLydekker 1891
genusAselliaGray 1838

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.

G. Asellia Gray 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2008-02-13 12:22:21
Modified: 2008-02-13 14:22:21
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Messinian or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France A. mariaetheresae (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) A. mariaetheresae (37050)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) A. mariaetheresae (144566)