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Madanycteris
Taxonomy
Madanycteris was named by Samonds et al. (2025). Its type is Madanycteris razana.
It was assigned to Hipposideridae by Samonds et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Hipposideridae by Samonds et al. (2025).
Species
M. razana (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Madanycteris Samonds et al. p. 3 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. E. Samonds et al. 2025 | Differing from Macronycteris in possessing a large C1 alveolus; P4 large and wider than long (approximating the width of M1) with a strong lingual expansion extending past the level of the M1 protocone; M1 with hypoconal shelf (heel) directed posterolingually such that the lingual margin of the crown is clearly angled with respect to its buccal margin rather than parallel; and red |
Measurements
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| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||