Onychonycteris Simmons et al. 2008 (bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Onychonycteridae

Full reference: N. B. Simmons, K. L. Seymour, J. Habersetzer and G. F. Gunnell. 2008. Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation. Nature 451:818-821

Parent taxon: Onychonycteridae according to N. B. Simmons et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Volactrix

Subtaxa: Onychonycteris finneyi

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Type: Onychonycteris finneyi

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Finney Quarry (Eocene of Wyoming)

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