Icaronycteris menui Russell et al. 1973 (bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Icaronycteridae

Full reference: D. E. Russell, P. Louis, and D. E. Savage. 1973. Chiroptera and Dermoptera of the French early Eocene. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 95:1-57

Belongs to Icaronycteris according to D. E. Russell et al. 1973

Sister taxa: Icaronycteris gunnelli, Icaronycteris index, Icaronycteris sigei

Type specimen: MNHN Mu6523, a tooth (Right M1). Its type locality is UCMP V6167, Mutigny quarry, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Lignites de Soissonais Formation of France.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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