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Glossophaginae

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Glossophaginae was named by Bonaparte (1845). It is extant. Its type is Glossophaga.

It was assigned to Phyllostomatidae by Choate and Birney (1968); and to Phyllostomidae by Salles et al. (2006).

Subtaxa
Anoura, Glossophaga (type genus), Monophyllus, Palynephyllum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Glossophaginae Bonaparte
1968Glossophaginae Choate and Birney
2006Glossophaginae Salles et al. p. 7

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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
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGlossophaginaeBonaparte 1845
subfamilyGlossophaginaeBonaparte 1845

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.

Subfm. Glossophaginae Bonaparte 1845
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G. Anoura Gray 1838 [tailless bat]
G. Glossophaga Geoffroy 1818 [long-tongued bat]
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G. Monophyllus Leach 1821
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Monophyllus plethodon Miller 1900 [insular single leaf bat]
†Monophyllus plethodon frater Choate and Birney 1968
Monophyllus redmani Leach 1821 [Leach's single leaf bat]
G. †Palynephyllum Czaplewski et al. 2003
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†Palynephyllum antimaster Czaplewski et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 25 to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Anoura indet. (183364)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Glossophaginae indet., Palynephyllum antimaster (13749)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Glossophaga soricina (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Anoura sp. (212474)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Monophyllus plethodon (194492 231343)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Glossophaga longirostris, Glossophaga soricina (21686)