†Rousettus pattersoni Gunnell and Manthi 2018 (rousette)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Full reference: G. F. Gunnell and F. K. Manthi. 2018. Pliocene bats (Chiroptera) from Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 1-10
Belongs to Rousettus according to G. F. Gunnell and F. K. Manthi 2018
Sister taxon: Rousettus (Rousettus)
Type specimen: KNM-KP 68719, a tooth (right P4/). Its type locality is Kanapoi Bat Site, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Kanapoi Formation of Kenya.
Ecology: volant herbivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Kanapoi Bat Site
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