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Rhinonycteris

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae

Taxonomy
Rhinonycteris was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hipposideridae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hand (1998); and to Rhinonycterina by Hand and Archer (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Rhinonycteris Gray
1980Rhinonycteris Kurten and Anderson
1998Rhinonycteris Hand p. 435
2005Rhinonycteris Hand and Archer 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
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyRhinolophoidea
familyHipposideridaeLydekker 1891
tribeRhinonycteriniGray 1866
subtribeRhinonycterinaGray 1866
genusRhinonycterisGray 1847

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. Rhinonycteris Gray 1847
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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: Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Queensland) R. tedfordi (84865)