†family Icaronycteridae Jepsen 1966 (bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Icaronycteridae

Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1966. Early Eocene bat from Wyoming. Science 154(3754):1333-1339

Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to N. B. Simmons et al. 2008

See also Jepsen 1966, Rana et al. 2005, Rietbergen et al. 2023 and Smith et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Aegyptonycteridae, Animalivora, Archaeopteropus, Australonycteris, Eochiroptera, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Microchiropteramorpha, Mixopteryx, Nycterididae, Onychonycteridae, Philisidae, Samonycteris, Tanzanycterididae, Vielasia, Yangochiroptera, Yinpterochiroptera

Subtaxa: Icaronycteris

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (1 collection), France (3), India (1), United States (4: Wyoming)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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