Miophyllorhina Hand 1997 (leaf-nosed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae

Full reference: S. Hand. 1997. Miophyllorhina riversleighensis gen. et sp. nov., a Miocene leaf-nosed bat (Microchiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Riversleigh, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(2):351-354

Parent taxon: Hipposideridae according to S. J. Hand and J. A. W. Kirsch 2003

See also Hand 1997

Sister taxa: Anthops, Aselliscus, Hipposiderini, Hipposideros, Palaeophyllophora, Palaeophyllopora, Paraphyllophora, Rhinonycterini, Riversleigha, Triaenops, Vaylatsia

Subtaxa: Miophyllorhina riversleighensis

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Type: Miophyllorhina riversleighensis

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Godhelp Hill (Miocene of Australia)

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