Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Holotype: IGM 184349 skull fragment including left maxilla with P4 - M3, anterior root of zygomatic arch, anterior margin orbit, and portion of the palate, blus associated radius fragment.
Etymology: mascar, spanish, to chew; jejenes, spanish, insects (more specifically, biting gnats)
Full reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 1997. Chiroptera. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 410-431
Belongs to Potamops according to N. J. Czaplewski 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM 184349 , a partial skull (skull fragment including left maxilla with P4 - M3)
Ecology: volant insectivore
Average measurements (in mm): Infraorbital foramen diameter 1.04, Radius shaft diameter 2.90
Distribution: found only at IGM-DU Locality 90 (Miocene of Colombia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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