Jaegeria Bajpai et al. 2005 (bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera

Full reference: S. Bajpai, V. V. Kapur, J. G. M. Thewissen, B. N. Tiwari, and D. P. Das. 2005. First fossil marsupials from India: Early Eocene Indodelphis n. gen. and Jaegeria n. gen. from Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat, Gujarat. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 50(1):147-151

Parent taxon: Microchiropteramorpha according to T. Smith et al. 2007

See also Bajpai et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Archaeonycteridae, Hassianycterididae, Microchiroptera, Palaeochiropterygidae

Subtaxa: Jaegeria cambayensis

View classification

Type: Jaegeria cambayensis

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine (Eocene of India)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.