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Molossus
Taxonomy
Molossus was named by Geoffroy (1805). It is extant.
It was assigned to Noctilioninia by Gray (1825); to Mammalia by Teichert et al. (1964); to Vespertilionidae by Choate and Birney (1968); and to Molossinae by Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Noctilioninia by Gray (1825); to Mammalia by Teichert et al. (1964); to Vespertilionidae by Choate and Birney (1968); and to Molossinae by Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1805 | Molossus Geoffroy |
| 1825 | Molossus Gray p. 339 |
| 1964 | Molossus Teichert et al. |
| 1968 | Molossus Choate and Birney |
| 2002 | Molossus Arroyo-Cabrales et al. p. 385 |
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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. Molossus Geoffroy 1805
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†Molossus fortis Miller 1913
Molossus molossus Gray 1839 [Velvety free-tailed bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | M. molossus (71332) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | M. pretiosus, M. molossus (21686) | |
| Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | M. molossus (94615) |