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Mormopterus

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Taxonomy
Mormopterus was named by Peters (1865). It is extant.

It was assigned to Molossidae by Burney et al. (2008) and Czaplewski (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Mormopterus Peters p. 468
2008Mormopterus Burney et al. p. 18
2010Mormopterus Czaplewski

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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
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyMolossidaeGervais 1856
genusMormopterusPeters 1865

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. Mormopterus Peters 1865
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Subg. †Mormopterus (Hydromops) Legendre 1984
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†Mormopterus barrancae Czaplewski 2010
Mormopterus colombiensis Czaplewski 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available