Dermotherium Ducrocq et al. 1992 (colugo)

Mammalia - Dermoptera

Full reference: S. Ducrocq, E. Buffetaut, H. Buffetaut-Tong, J.-J. Jaeger, Y. Jongkanjanasoontorn and V. Suteethorn. 1992. First fossil flying lemur: A dermoptera from the Late Eocene of Thailand. 35(2):373-380

Parent taxon: Dermoptera according to T. Smith et al. 2010

See also Ducrocq et al. 1992 and Marivaux et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Elpidophorus, Eudermoptera, Galeopithecoidea, Plagiomene, Planetetherium, Worlandia

Subtaxa: Dermotherium chimaera Dermotherium major

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Type: Dermotherium major

Ecology: arboreal folivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Thailand (1 collection)

• Eocene of Thailand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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