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Archaeonycteridae

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae

Taxonomy
Archaeonycterididae was named by Revilliod (1917). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Archaeonycteridae by Smith et al. (2007), Harrison and Hooker (2010).

It was assigned to Icaronycteroidea by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Microchiropteramorpha by Smith et al. (2007), Harrison and Hooker (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Archaeonycterididae Revilliod p. 190
1980Archaeonycterididae Kurten and Anderson
2007Archaeonycteridae Smith et al. p. 1004
2010Archaeonycteridae Harrison and Hooker p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
Microchiropteramorpha(Simmons and Geisler 1998)
familyArchaeonycteridae(Revilliod 1917)
familyArchaeonycteridae(Revilliod 1917)

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.

Fm. †Archaeonycteridae Revilliod 1917
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G. †Archaeonycteris Revilliod 1917
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Archaeonycteris brailloni Russell et al. 1973
Archaeonycteris praecursor Tabuce et al. 2009
Archaeonycteris relicta Harrison and Hooker 2010
Archaeonycteris storchi Smith et al. 2007
G. †Cecilionycteris Heller 1935
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Cecilionycteris prisca Heller 1935
G. †Matthesia Smith and Storch 1981
G. †Protonycteris Smith et al. 2007
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Protonycteris gunnelli Smith et al. 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2008-02-13 12:22:21
Modified: 2008-02-13 14:22:21
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 10 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Var) Archaeonycteris sp. (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) Archaeonycteris praecursor (79200)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) Archaeonycteris brailloni (35533 35535)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Protonycteris gunnelli, Archaeonycteris sp. (55494)
MP 10 - MP 1156.0 - 41.03France Archaeonycterididae indet. (183396)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Matthesia germanica, Matthesia insolita, Cecilionycteris prisca (13322)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Archaeonycteris trigonodon (22701)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Archaeonycteris sp. (31736 183350)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3China (Henan) Archaeonycterididae indet. (174738)