Miophyllorhina riversleighensis Hand 1997 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae

Full reference: S. Hand. 1997. Miophyllorhina riversleighensis gen. et sp. nov., a Miocene leaf-nosed bat (Microchiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Riversleigh, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(2):351-354

Belongs to Miophyllorhina according to S. Hand 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: QMF30566, a maxilla (L maxilla with P4/-M2-3)

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Godhelp Hill (Miocene of Australia)

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