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Dasypterus

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Dasypterus was named by Reuter (1871). It is extant.

It was reranked as Atalapha (Dasypterus) by Palmer (1904).

It was assigned to Atalapha by Palmer (1904); to Vespertilionidae by Sherman (1952); and to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Dasypterus Reuter
1904Atalapha (Dasypterus) Palmer p. 208
1952Dasypterus Sherman p. 88
1980Dasypterus Kurten and Anderson p. 123

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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
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
subfamilyVespertilionae
genusDasypterusReuter 1871

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. Dasypterus Reuter 1871
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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: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available