Mormopterus colombiensis Czaplewski 1997 (free-tailed bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Found at Duke localities CVP 5, CVP 9, CVP 10 and CVP 13C, in La Venta, Colombia
Full reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 1997. Chiroptera. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 410-431
Belongs to Mormopterus according to N. J. Czaplewski 1997
Sister taxa: Mormopterus (Hydromops), Mormopterus barrancae
Type specimen: IGM 250997 , a tooth (right upper M1)
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Duke Screenwash locality CVP-5,9,10,13C Mormopterus colombiensis (Miocene of Colombia)
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