Vielasia sigei Hand et al. 2023 (bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera

Full reference: S. J. Hand, J. Maugoust, R. M. Beck and M. J. Orliac. 2023. A 50-million-year-old, three-dimensionally preserved bat skull supports an early origin for modern echolocation. Current Biology 33(21):4624-4640.e21

Belongs to Vielasia according to S. J. Hand et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM-VIE-250, a partial skeleton (Teeth, partial skull, and some postcrania). Its type locality is Vielase, which is in a MP 10/MP 11 karst phosphorite in France.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Vielase

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