Koopmanycteris palaeomormoops Morgan et al. 2019 (ghost-faced bat)

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

Belongs to Koopmanycteris according to G. S. Morgan et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UF 157765, a partial skull (right dentary with p4-m3 and alveoli for i1-p3). Its type locality is Brooksville 2, which is in an Arikareean fissure fill claystone/sandstone in Florida.

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

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