Anatolianycteris insularis Jones et al. 2018 (bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Palaeochiropterygidae

Full reference: M. F. Jones, P. M. C. Coster, A. Licht, G. Métais, F. Ocakoğlu, M. H. Taylor, and K. C. Beard. 2018. A stem bat (Chiroptera: Palaeochiropterygidae) from the late middle Eocene of northern Anatolia: implications for the dispersal and palaeobiology of early bats. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Belongs to Anatolianycteris according to M. F. Jones et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: EOU-UCF-7, a mandible (right dentary preserving p4 and adjacent alveoli). Its type locality is ORH type locality, which is in a Lutetian wet floodplain siliciclastic in the Uzunçarşidere Formation of Türkiye.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at ORH type locality

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