Palynephyllum antimaster Czaplewski et al. 2003 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Etymology: antis, Quechua, Andes Mountains; master,

Greek, searcher.

Full reference: N. J. Czaplewski, M. Takai, T. M. Naeher, N. Shigehara, and T. Setoguchi. 2003. Additional bats from the middle Miocene La Venta fauna of Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciecias exactas, fĂ­sicas y naturales 27(103):263-282

Belongs to Palynephyllum according to N. J. Czaplewski et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM 252971, a tooth ( right M1 or M2.). Its type locality is Duke Locality 22, which is in a Laventan fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Duke Locality 22

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