Saharaderma Gunnell et al. 2008 (false vampire)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell, E. L. Simons, and E. R. Seiffert. 2008. New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):1-11

Parent taxon: Megadermatidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Cardioderma, Lavia, Macroderma, Megaderma

Subtaxa: Saharaderma pseudovampyrus

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Type: Saharaderma pseudovampyrus

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)

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