†Koopmanycteris Morgan et al. 2019 (ghost-faced bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mormoopidae
Full reference: G. S. Morgan, N. J. Czaplewski, and N. B. Simmons. 2019. A New Mormoopid Bat from the Oligocene (Whitneyan and Early Arikareean) of Florida, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Major Clades of Mormoopidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 434:1-146
Parent taxon: Mormoopidae according to G. S. Morgan et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Pteronotus
Subtaxa: Koopmanycteris palaeomormoops
Type: Koopmanycteris palaeomormoops
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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