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Emballonuridae (sac-winged bat)
Taxonomy
Emballonuridae was named by Dobson (1875). It is extant.
It was assigned to Animalivora by Cope (1889); to Microchiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Jaekel (1911); to Chiroptera by Butler (1984), Nowak (1991), Hooker (1996); and to Emballonuroidea by Carroll (1988), Ravel et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Animalivora by Cope (1889); to Microchiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Jaekel (1911); to Chiroptera by Butler (1984), Nowak (1991), Hooker (1996); and to Emballonuroidea by Carroll (1988), Ravel et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Emballonuridae Dobson |
| 1883 | Emballonuridae Flower p. 185 |
| 1889 | Emballonuridae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Emballonuridae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1911 | Emballonuridae Jaekel p. 213 |
| 1984 | Emballonuridae Butler |
| 1988 | Emballonuridae Carroll |
| 1991 | Emballonuridae Nowak |
| 1996 | Emballonuridae Hooker p. 289 |
| 2016 | Emballonuridae Ravel et al. p. 377 |
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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.
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. †Oligopteryx Morgan and Czaplewski 2023
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†Oligopteryx floridanus Morgan and Czaplewski 2023
†Oligopteryx hamaxitos Morgan and Czaplewski 2023
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991 | |||||
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 (38 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 (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 | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Vespertiliavus schlosseri, Vespertiliavus indet. 1, Vespertiliavus indet. 2, Vespertiliavus gracilis (12840) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) | Vespertiliavus sp. (182607) | |
| 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 | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Vespertiliavus bourguignati (31583) | |
| MP 22 | France | Vespertiliavus gracilis (183452) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Dhofarella sigei (60127) | |
| Rupelian | Oman (Dhofar) | Dhofarella thaleri (162464) | |
| Rupelian | France | Vespertiliavus gracilis (183381) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (Florida) | Emballonuridae indet. A, Emballonuridae indet. B, Oligopteryx hamaxitos (17341) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Florida) | Emballonuridae indet., Oligopteryx floridanus, Oligopteryx hamaxitos (17476) | |
| Chattian | USA (Florida) | Karstopteryx gunnelli (17764) | |
| Chattian | 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) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Floridopteryx poyeri (18597) | |
| Laventan | Colombia | Emballonuridae indet., Diclidurus indet. (13749) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | Emballonuridae indet. (176156) | |
| Messinian | Bulgaria | Vespertiliavus schlosseri (215636) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya (Turkana District) | Saccolaimus kenyensis (198275) Saccolaimus sp. (198274) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Taphozous abitus (21546) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Taphozous abitus (21545) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Balantiopteryx io (71264) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Taphozous mauritianus (21693) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Rhynchonycteris naso, Saccopteryx canescens, Saccopteryx leptura, Saccopteryx bilineata (21686) | |
| Holocene | Mauritius | Taphozous mauritianus (194169) |