Karstala silva Czaplewski and Morgan 2001 (vesper bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Full reference: N. J. Czaplewski and G. S. Morgan. 2001. A new vespertilionid bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Early Miocene (Hemingfordian) of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(4):736-742

Belongs to Karstala according to N. J. Czaplewski and G. S. Morgan 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UF 108673, a tooth (left m2). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm

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