Megaderma lopezae Sevilla 1990 (false vampire)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae

Full reference: P. Sevilla. 1990. Rhinolophoidea (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the upper Oligocene of Carrascosa del Campo (Central Spain). Geobios 23(2):173-188

Belongs to Megaderma according to P. Sevilla 1990

Sister taxa: Megaderma brailloni, Megaderma franconica, Megaderma lugdunensis, Megaderma spasma, Megaderma vireti

Type specimen: CAS-395, a tooth. Its type locality is Carrascosa del Campo, which is in a MP 25 terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Carrascosa del Campo

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