†Aegyptonycteris knightae Simmons et al. 2016 (bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Aegyptonycteridae
Full reference: N.B. Simmons, E.R. Seiffert, and G.F. Gunnell. 2016. A New Family of Large Omnivorous Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt, with Comments on Use of the Name “Eochiroptera”. American Museum Novitates (3857)1-43
Belongs to Aegyptonycteris according to N.B. Simmons et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CGM 83740, a maxilla. Its type locality is Birket Qarun 2, which is in a Priabonian channel sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2
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