Rhizomops mengraii Mein and Ginsburg 1997 (free-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Full reference: P. Mein and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Les mammiferes du gisement miocene inferieure de Li Mae Long, Thailande; Systematique biostratigraphie et paleoenvironment. Geodiversitas 19(4):783-844

Belongs to Rhizomops according to P. Mein and L. Ginsburg 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: T Li 170, a tooth (right p/4). Its type locality is Li Mae Long, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial horizon in Thailand.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Li Mae Long

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