Eptesicus aurelianensis Ziegler 1993 (house bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

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 Eptesicus according to R. Ziegler 1993

Sister taxa: Eptesicus campanensis, Eptesicus fuscus, Eptesicus kowalskii, Eptesicus mossoczyi, Eptesicus noctuloides, Eptesicus praeglacialis

Type specimen: BSP 1937 II 20408, a mandible (Mand. sin with C,p2,p4,m2-m3). Its type locality is Wintershof-West, which is in a MN 3 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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