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Emballonuroidea
Taxonomy
Emballonuroidea is a superfamily. It is extant.
It was assigned to Microchiroptera by Carroll (1988), Ravel et al. (2016); and to Yangochiroptera by Amador et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Microchiroptera by Carroll (1988), Ravel et al. (2016); and to Yangochiroptera by Amador et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Emballonuroidea Carroll |
| 2016 | Emballonuroidea Ravel et al. p. 377 |
| 2018 | Emballonuroidea Amador et al. |
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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.
Superfm. Emballonuroidea
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Fm. Emballonuridae Dobson 1875 [sac-winged bat]
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G. Balantiopteryx Peters 1867 [sac-winged bat]
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Balantiopteryx io Thomas 1904 [Thomas's sac-winged bat]
G. †Dhofarella Sigé et al. 1994
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†Dhofarella sigei Gunnell et al. 2008
†Dhofarella thaleri Sigé et al. 1994
G. Rhynchonycteris Peters 1867 [proboscis bat]
G. Taphozous Geoffroy 1818
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†Taphozous incognita Butler and Hopwood 1957
Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830
G. †Vespertiliavus Schlosser 1877
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†Vespertiliavus aenigma Ravel et al. 2016
†Vespertiliavus gracilis Revilliod 1920
†Vespertiliavus kasserinensis Ravel et al. 2016
†Vespertiliavus lapradei Sudre et al. 1990
Fm. Nycteridae [slit-faced bat]
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G. †Khoufechia Ravel et al. 2016
G. Nycteris Geoffroy 1803
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Nycteris arge Thomas 1903 [Batess slit-faced bat]
Nycteris grandis Peters 1865
Nycteris hispidus Schreber 1775
Nycteris javanica Geoffroy 1813 [Javan slit-faced bat]
Nycteris thebaica Saint-Hilaire 1818 [Egyptian slit-faced bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (39 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Adapisorex anglicus, Eppsinycteris anglica (38868) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Algeria (Bechar region) | Pseudovespertiliavus parva (77014) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Tunisia | Vespertiliavus aenigma, Vespertiliavus kasserinensis, Khoufechia gunnelli (87795) | |
| MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Tachypteron franzeni (22701) | |
| MP 13 - MP 14 | France (Quercy) | Emballonuridae indet., Vespertiliavus lapradensis (36875) | |
| MP 14 | France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) | Vespertiliavus lapradei (184174) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) | Vespertiliavus sp. (182607) | |
| Bartonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Vespertiliavus schlosseri, Vespertiliavus indet. 1, Vespertiliavus indet. 2, Vespertiliavus gracilis (12840) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Vespertiliavus wingei, Vespertiliavus sp., Vespertiliavus gracilis (12850) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Vespertiliavus sp., Vespertiliavus gracilis (12849) Vespertiliavus wingei, Vespertiliavus sp. (12841) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) | Vespertiliavus sp. (12848) | |
| MP 20 - MP 21 | France (Occitanie) | Vespertiliavus gracilis (183382) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Dhofarella thaleri (162464) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Vespertiliavus bourguignati (31583) | |
| MP 22 | France | Vespertiliavus gracilis (183452) | |
| Rupelian | France | Vespertiliavus gracilis (183381) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Dhofarella sigei (60127) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (Florida) | Emballonuridae indet. A, Emballonuridae indet. B (17341) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Florida) | Emballonuridae indet. (17476) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Emballonuridae indet. (176130) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | Taphozous incognita (28293) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Peru | Emballonuridae indet. (176149) | |
| Burdigalian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | Taphozous sp. (37050) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | Taphozous sp. (48126) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Peru | Emballonuridae indet. (176156) | |
| Laventan | Colombia | Emballonuridae indet., Diclidurus indet. (13749) | |
| Messinian | Bulgaria | Vespertiliavus schlosseri (215636) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya (Turkana District) | Nycteris sp., Saccolaimus kenyensis (198275) Saccolaimus sp. (198274) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Nycteris sp. (22339) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Taphozous abitus (21546) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Taphozous abitus (21545) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Nycteridae indet., Nycteris sp. (21502) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Nycteris thebaica (21949) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Balantiopteryx io (71264) | |
| Holocene | Mauritius | Taphozous mauritianus (194169) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Rhynchonycteris naso, Saccopteryx canescens, Saccopteryx leptura, Saccopteryx bilineata (21686) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Taphozous mauritianus, Nycteris thebaica (21693) |