†Icaronycteris gunnelli Rietbergen et al. 2023 (bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Icaronycteridae
Full reference: T.B. Rietbergen, L.W. van den Hoek Ostende, A. Aase, M.F. Jones, E.D. Medeiros and N.B. Simmons. 2023. The oldest known bat skeletons and their implications for Eocene chiropteran diversification. PLoS One 18(4)
Belongs to Icaronycteris according to T.B. Rietbergen et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Icaronycteris index, Icaronycteris menui, Icaronycteris sigei
Type specimen: AMNH:FM:145747A,B, a skeleton
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at American Fossil Quarry (Eocene of Wyoming)
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