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Desmodontinae
Taxonomy
Desmodontidae was named by Bonaparte (1845). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Desmodontinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Animalivora by Cope (1889); to Phyllostomatidae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Phyllostomidae by Salles et al. (2006).
It was reranked as the subfamily Desmodontinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Animalivora by Cope (1889); to Phyllostomatidae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Phyllostomidae by Salles et al. (2006).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1845 | Desmodontidae Bonaparte |
1889 | Desmodontidae Cope p. 876 |
1980 | Desmodontinae Kurten and Anderson p. 117 |
2006 | Desmodontinae Salles et al. p. 8 |
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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. Desmodontinae Bonaparte 1845
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G. Desmodus Wied-Neuwied 1826 [vampire bat]
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†Desmodus archaeodaptes Morgan et al. 1988
†Desmodus draculae Morgan et al. 1988
Desmodus rotundus Geoffroy 1810 [common vampire bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Collections (21 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Desmodus stocki (20384) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Monagas) | Desmodus draculae (145874) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Desmodus sp. (211820) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Desmodus indet. (92813) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Desmodus archaeodaptes (20350 20351 145845) | |
Lujanian | Argentina | Desmodus draculae (217299) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Desmodus stocki (20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Desmodus indet. (211821) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arizona) | Desmodus stocki (74497) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Desmodus stocki (76060) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Desmodus sp., Desmodus stocki (93332) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Desmodus magnus (20595) Desmodus stocki (20573) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Desmodus stocki (155393) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Desmodus sp. (212474) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Desmodus rotundus (71333 71335) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Desmodus rotundus, Desmodus draculae (71313) | |
Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Desmodus rotundus (21686) |