Brevipalatus Hand and Archer 2005 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae

Full reference: S. J. Hand and M. Archer. 2005. A new hipposiderid genus (Microchiroptera) from an early Miocene bat community in Australia. Palaeontology 48(2):371-383

Parent taxon: Rhinonycterina according to S. J. Hand and M. Archer 2005

Sister taxa: Brachipposideros, Rhinonycteris

Subtaxa: Brevipalatus mcculloughi

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Type: Brevipalatus mcculloughi

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Bitesantennary Site (Miocene of Australia)

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