Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Full reference: S. Hand. 1997. Hipposideros bernardsigei, a new hipposiderid (Mammalia, Microchiroptera) from the Australian Miocene, and a reconsideration of the monophyly of related species groups. Muenchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A: Geologie und Palaeontologie 34:73-92
Belongs to Hipposideros according to S. Hand 1997
Sister taxa: Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus), Hipposideros collongensis, Hipposideros conquensis, Hipposideros felix, Hipposideros minor, Hipposideros morloti, Hipposideros omani, Hipposideros schlosseri
Type specimen: QM F2385, a skull (well preserved skull lacking only the periotics and premaxillae, with right and left P4/-M3/)
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Neville's Garden Site (Miocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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