Potamonycteris biperforatus Czaplewski 1991 (vesper bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Full reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 1991. Miocene bats from the lower Valentine Formation of northeastern Nebraska. Journal of Mammalogy 72(4):715-722

Belongs to Potamonycteris according to N. J. Czaplewski 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNSM 52008, a partial skull (left half of a rostrum including the broken crowns of M2-M3 and alveoli for the other upper teeth). Its type locality is Annie's Geese Crossing Quarry, which is in a Barstovian fluvial conglomerate/sandstone in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Annie's Geese Crossing Quarry

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