Khonsunycteris aegypticus Gunnell et al. 2008 (vesper bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

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

Belongs to Khonsunycteris according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 83673, a mandible (left dentary with c1-m2). Its type locality is Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: volant omnivore

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

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