†Floridopteryx poyeri 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 Floridopteryx according to G. S. Morgan and N. J. Czaplewski 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF 121132, a tooth (right m1). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm
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