Oligopteryx floridanus Morgan and Czaplewski 2023 (sac-winged bat)

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

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