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Desmodus archaeodaptes
Holotype: UF 94526, nearly complete braincase posterior to interorbital constriction, lacking only zygomatic arches, with associated left periotic.
Collected by Lawrence H. Martin, Jr., in May 11983
Etymology: From the greek Archaios, ancient, old, and daptes, eater of blood by sucking. The name referes to the fack that this id the oldest known species of vampire bat.
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Desmodus archaeodaptes Morgan et al. |
| 2000 | Desmodus archaeodaptes Rabon et al. p. 59 |
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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.
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. S. Morgan et al. 1988 | Differs from other known species of Desmodus in possesing broad plate-like mastoid process, narrower occipitut, lateral connection of nuchal crest to paroccipital, lack of inflation and ventral flextion of posterior portion of braincase, and posteriorly oriented foramen magnum with rounded dorsal margin. Desmodus archaeodaptes differs from D. rotundus in presence of larger glenoid fossa, reduced postglenoid process, smaller occipital protuberance, and weakly inflated supraoccipital; from D. stocki in smaller size, longer than narrower braincase, weaker cranial crest, ventrally deflected paroccipital process, shallow basicanial pits separated by low indistinct ridge, and weakly inflated posteromedial process of basisphenoid; and from D. draculae in much smaller size. |
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| Braincase height | 1 | 12.0 |
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| References: Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 2.58800 to 0.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Desmodus stocki (20384) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Desmodus archaeodaptes (20350 20351 type locality: 145845) |