Aegyptonycteris knightae Simmons et al. 2016 (bat)

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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