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Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Rhinolophidae Gray p. 262
1883Rhinolophidae Flower p. 185
1889Rhinolophidae Cope p. 876
1891Rhinolophidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92
1911Rhinolophidae Jaekel p. 213
1968Rhinolophidae Kurten p. 51
1988Rhinolophidae Carroll
1991Rhinolophidae Nowak
2005Rhinolophidae Wilson and Reeder
2015Rhinolophidae Shi and Rabosky

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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
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyRhinolophoidea
familyRhinolophidaeGray 1825
familyRhinolophidaeGray 1825

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. Rhinolophidae Gray 1825 [horseshoe bat]
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G. †Palaeonycteris Pomel 1854
G. Rhinolophus Lacépède 1799
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†Rhinolophus blasii Peters 1867
Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar 1828 [Geoffroy's horseshoe bat]
†Rhinolophus contrarius Mein and Pickford 2003
†Rhinolophus csakvarensis Kretzoi 1951
†Rhinolophus dehmi Ziegler 1993
†Rhinolophus delphinensis Gaillard 1899
†Rhinolophus estramontis Topál 1979
†Rhinolophus euryale Blasius 1853
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 [greater horseshoe bat]
†Rhinolophus grivensis Depéret 1892
†Rhinolophus hanaki Woloszyn 1987
Rhinolophus hipposideros Bechstein 1800
†Rhinolophus kowalskii Topál 1979
†Rhinolophus lemanensis Revilloid 1920
†Rhinolophus macrorhinus Topál 1963
†Rhinolophus priscus Revilliod 1920
†Rhinolophus pumilio Revilliod 1920
Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck 1835 [Rufous horseshoe bat]
†Rhinolophus wenzensis Woloszyn 1987
†Rhinolophus yongyuthi Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (92 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Canton Vaud) Rhinolophus priscus (183105)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Rhinolophus sp. (12848)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Rhinolophus priscus (12842 12843 12849 12852 31764 31765) Rhinolophus sp.2 (12841)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Rhinolophidae indet. (28194)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04Spain (Cuenca) Rhinolophus sp. (184097)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Rhinolophidae indet., Rhinolophus sp. (136269)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Rhinolophus delphinensis (200296)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Rhinolophidae indet. (199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Rhinolophus grivensis (37050)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Thailand Rhinolophus yongyuthi (48126)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Rhinolophus dehmi (68040)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Rhinolophus delphinensis (46955)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Namibia Rhinolophus sp. (21855)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus delphinensis (69711)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Rhinolophus sp. (26752)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria (Niederösterreich) Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus delphinensis (66943)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Rhinolophus grivensis (66945)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus delphinensis (37789)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece Rhinolophus delphinensis (219100)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Rhinolophus sp., Rhinolophus kowalskii (144566)
MN 136.965 - 5.09France (Rhone) Rhinolophus delphinensis, Rhinolophus grivensis (68218)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Rhinolophus estramontis (231341) Rhinolophus postdelphinensis (136067)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Austria (Lower Austria) Rhinolophus euryale (167717)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Rhinolophus darlingi (22353) Rhinolophus darlingi, Rhinolophus clivosus (22339 22341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Rhinolophus sp. (231339)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (35076)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus kowalskii, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (32240)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Aragon) Rhinolophus sp. (32103)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus delphinensis (33396)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Rhinolophus capensis (22333)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Rhinolophus neglectus, Rhinolophus kowalskii (33638)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale (35370)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (35369 35371)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Anhui) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Rhinolophus pani, Rhinolophus affinis, Rhinolophus rouxi, Rhinolophus pearsoni, Rhinolophus macrotis, Rhinolophus sp. (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Foggia) Rhinolophus euryale (40995 40997 40998 41000 41001)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus euryale (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary Rhinolophus sp., Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Rhinolophus sp., Rhinolophus macrorhinus (35431)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Mallorca) Rhinolophus mehelyi (214536)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Rhinolophus sp., Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (183123)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Rhinolophus sp. (34872)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Islas Baleares) Rhinolophus grivensis (36974)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Rhinolophus capensis (21915)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel Rhinolophus ferrum, Rhinolophus sp., Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus hipposideros (225664) Rhinolophus sp. (39252)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Rhinolophus hildebrandtii, Rhinolophus clivosus (21949)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (32485)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale (34128)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Rhinolophus sp. (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (40808)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Rhinolophus hipposideros (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Rhinolophus sp. (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (192425) Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale (192424)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (231342) Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Rhinolophus hildebrandti (68341)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Rhinolophidae indet., Rhinolophus sp. (194835) Rhinolophus sp. (194834 194836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus hipposideros (182809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Rhinolophus pearsoni, Rhinolophus macrotis, Rhinolophus cornutus, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Rhinolophus sp. (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale (199943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (101898 101899)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (43619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (197768)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Rhinolophus mehelyii, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (235636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen Rhinolophus clivosus (169046 234349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Boeotia) Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros (203845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Rhinolophus clivosus (21693)