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Sonor
Taxonomy
Sonor was named by Czaplewski et al. (2022). Its type is Sonor handae.
It was assigned to Vespertilionidae by Czaplewski et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Vespertilionidae by Czaplewski et al. (2022).
Species
S. handae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Sonor Czaplewski et al. |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| N. Czaplewski et al. 2022 | The combination of three uncrowded lower incisors, a two-rooted p3 larger than p2, and myotodont lower molars distinguishes Sonor handae as a new taxon of Vespertilionidae. It differs from all archaic bat families, most Eocene bats, and extinct and extant miniopterids in having lower molars with myotodont postcristids. It differs from the early Eocene vespertilionid Premonycteris vesper in having a two-rooted, rather than one-rooted, p3 and lower molar labial cingula that rise up on the base of the protoconid. In having a two-rooted p3, S. handae resembles the latest Eocene vespertilionid, Khonsunycteris aegypticus of Egypt, but differs in that the p3 roots are in line with the long axis of the tooth row, not angled in the dentary.
Differs from the European Eocene and Oligocene Stehlinia and the Oligocene and Miocene Quinetia in having myotodont lower molars. Differs from the European Miocene Hanakia and from extant myotin vespertilionids in having a two-rooted p3. It most closely resembles extant kerivoulines Kerivoula and Phoniscus in most aspects of lower premolar and molar morphology but differs in having larger molars relative to the size of the premolars. |
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Nevada) | S. handae (16218) |