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Tadarida rusingae

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Taxonomy
Tadarida rusingae was named by Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (2002). Its type specimen is KNM-RU14357, a skull (almost complete cranium with right P2-M3 and left I1-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R114 Proconsul site, which is in a Burdigalian floodplain siltstone in the Kiahera Formation of Kenya.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tadarida rusingae Arroyo-Cabrales et al. p. 382

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyMolossidaeGervais 1856
subfamilyTadaridinaeLegendre 1984
genusTadaridaRafinesque 1814
speciesrusingae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tadarida rusingae Arroyo-Cabrales et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Tadarida rusingae (type locality: 84800)