†Oligopteryx floridanus Morgan and Czaplewski 2023 (sac-winged bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Full reference: G. S. Morgan and N. J. Czaplewski. 2023. New bats in the tropical family Embollonuridae (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Oligocene and Early Miocen of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 60(3):133-234
Belongs to Oligopteryx according to G. S. Morgan and N. J. Czaplewski 2023
Sister taxon: Oligopteryx hamaxitos
Type specimen: UF 157769, a mandible (right dentary fragment with p2, p4-m1). Its type locality is Brooksville 2, which is in an Arikareean fissure fill claystone/sandstone in Florida.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Brooksville 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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