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Miniopterus (bend-winged bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Miniopterus was named by Bonaparte (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vespertilionidae by Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Burney et al. (2008).

Species
M. approximatus, M. fossilis, M. schreibersi, M. tao
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. schreibersii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Miniopterus Bonaparte
1968Miniopterus Kurten p. 55
1980Miniopterus Kurten and Anderson
2008Miniopterus Burney et al. p. 18

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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
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusMiniopterusBonaparte 1837

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. Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837 [bend-winged bat]
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†Miniopterus approximatus Woloszyn 1987
†Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe 1950
†Miniopterus tao Woloszyn 1986
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: Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 6 to the top of the Holocene or 13.65000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.75 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Miniopterus fossilis (69711)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Miniopterus fossilis (26752)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Miniopterus sp. (231339)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Miniopterus sp. (22339 22341)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Miniopterus schreibersi (32240)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Miniopterus sp. (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Miniopterus sp. (35431)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Miniopterus schreibersi (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) Miniopterus sp. (40997)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Miniopterus schreibersii (136430)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Miniopterus schreibersi (21915)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Miniopterus schreibersii (34872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Miniopterus sp., Miniopterus schreibersi (225664)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Miniopterus schreibersi (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Miniopterus schreibersii (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Miniopterus schreibersi (68340 68341 68342)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Miniopterus schreibersii (192424 192425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Miniopterus schreibersi (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Miniopterus schreibersii (40808)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Miniopterus schreibersii (43619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Miniopterus schreibersi (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Miniopterus schreibersii (182957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Miniopterus schreibersii (199943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Miniopterus fuliginosus (183085) Miniopterus schreibersii (136172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) Miniopterus sp. (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Miniopterus schreibersii (235636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Miniopterus schreibersi (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Miniopterus gleni (92733)