Saccolaimus kenyensis Gunnell and Manthi 2018 (sac-winged bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae

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 Saccolaimus according to G. F. Gunnell and F. K. Manthi 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KNM-KP 44927, a tooth (right M1/). Its type locality is Kanapoi Nzube's Mandible Site, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Kanapoi Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Kanapoi Nzube's Mandible Site

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