Mammalia - Chiroptera - Tanzanycterididae
Full reference: G. F. Gunnell, B. F. Jacobs, P. S. Herendeen, J. J. Head, E. Kowalski, C. P. Msuya, F. A. Mizambwa, T. Harrison, J. Habersetzer and G. Storch. 2003. Oldest placental mammal from sub-Saharan Africa: Eocene microbat from Tanzania - evidence for early evolution of sophisticated echolocation. Palaeontologia Electronica 5(2):1-10
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to T. Smith et al. 2012
See also Gunnell et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Aegyptonycteridae, Animalivora, Archaeopteropus, Australonycteris, Eochiroptera, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Icaronycteridae, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Microchiropteramorpha, Mixopteryx, Nycterididae, Onychonycteridae, Philisidae, Samonycteris, Yangochiroptera, Yinpterochiroptera
Subtaxa: Tanzanycteris
Type: Tanzanycteris
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Mahenge (Eocene of Tanzania)