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Vespertiliavus

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae

Taxonomy
Vespertiliavus was named by Schlosser (1877). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chiroptera by Schlosser (1877); and to Emballonuridae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Ravel et al. (2016).

Species
V. aenigma, V. gracilis, V. kasserinensis, V. lapradei
Species lacking formal opinion data
V. schlosseri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Vespertiliavus Schlosser p. 70
1980Vespertiliavus Kurten and Anderson
2016Vespertiliavus Ravel et al. p. 377

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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
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyEmballonuroidea
familyEmballonuridaeDobson 1875
genusVespertiliavus

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.

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-01 09:30:42
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 14 to the top of the Messinian or 48.60000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Tunisia V. aenigma, V. kasserinensis (87795)
MP 13 - MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Quercy) V. lapradensis (36875)
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) V. lapradei (184174)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) V. schlosseri, Vespertiliavus indet. 1, Vespertiliavus indet. 2, V. gracilis (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) V. sp. (182607)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) V. sp., V. gracilis (12849) V. wingei, V. sp. (12841)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) V. sp. (12848)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) V. wingei, V. sp., V. gracilis (12850)
MP 20 - MP 2137.2 - 28.4France (Occitanie) V. gracilis (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) V. bourguignati (31583)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France V. gracilis (183452)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France V. gracilis (183381)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria V. schlosseri (215636)