Megaderma franconica Ziegler 1993 (false vampire)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae

Full reference: R. Ziegler. 1993. Die Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus dem Untermiozän von Wintershof-West bei Eichstätt (Bayern). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 33:119-154

Belongs to Megaderma according to R. Ziegler 1993

Sister taxa: Megaderma brailloni, Megaderma lopezae, Megaderma lugdunensis, Megaderma spasma, Megaderma vireti

Type specimen: BSP. 1937 II 10357, Mandible dex. p4-m2, a mandible. Its type locality is Wintershof-West, which is in a MN 3 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Wintershof-West

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