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Ancenycteris

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Ancenycteris was named by Sutton and Genoways (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Vespertilionidae by Sutton and Korth (1995).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Ancenycteris Sutton and Genoways
1995Ancenycteris Sutton and Korth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusAncenycterisSutton and Genoways 1974

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. †Ancenycteris Sutton and Genoways 1974
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) A. rasmusseni (18803)