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Pteronotus (mustached bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mormoopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Pteronotus Gray
1839Chilonycteris Gray
1968Pteronotus Choate and Birney
1994Pteronotus Morgan p. 468
2000Pteronotus Rabon et al. p. 59
2005Pteronotus Wilson and Reeder
2008Pteronotus Gutierrez and Molinari

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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
familyMormoopidaeSaussure 1860
genusPteronotusGray 1838

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. Pteronotus Gray 1838 [mustached bat]
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Pteronotus personatus Wagner 1843 [Wagners mustached bat]
Pteronotus pristinus Silva-Taboada 1974
Invalid names: Chilonycteris Gray 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, 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): 0.012 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Pteronotus pristinus (195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso) Pteronotus parnelli (136521)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Pteronotus sp., Pteronotus parnellii (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Pteronotus parnellii (71332)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Pteronotus parnellii (94615)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Pteronotus parnellii (144132)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Pteronotus gymnonotus, Pteronotus parnellii (212250)