Rhinolophus postdelphinensis Topál 1979 (horseshoe bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae

Full reference: G. Topál. 1979. Fossil bats of the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum group in Hungary (Mammalia: Chirooptera). Fragmenta Mineralogica et Palaeontologica 9:61-101

Belongs to Rhinolophus according to G. Topál 1979

Sister taxa: Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus borneensis, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rhinolophus contrarius, Rhinolophus csakvarensis, Rhinolophus dehmi, Rhinolophus delphinensis, Rhinolophus estramontis, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus hanaki, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus kowalskii, Rhinolophus lemanensis, Rhinolophus macrorhinus, Rhinolophus pleistocaenicus, Rhinolophus priscus, Rhinolophus pumilio, Rhinolophus rouxii, Rhinolophus wenzensis, Rhinolophus yongyuthi

Type specimen: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, V.79.170, a maxilla. Its type locality is Osztramos locality 1/c, which is in a Pliocene fissure fill breccia/limestone in Hungary.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Osztramos locality 1/c

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