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Wyonycteris chalix

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Wyonycteris chalix was named by Gingerich (1987) [genotype; said to be a bat, but this is rejected by Hand et al. 1994]. Its type specimen is UM 76910, a mandible (right dentary with P4, M1 (part), and M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Discovery Site, which is in an Eocene wet floodplain wackestone in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Wyonycteris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Wyonycteris chalix Gingerich p. 306

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
subfamilyPlacentidentinae
genusWyonycteris
specieschalix

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.

†Wyonycteris chalix Gingerich 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 09:08:46
Modified: 2005-09-01 11:08:46
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Hooker 2001, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Wyonycteris chalix (80579)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Wyonycteris chalix (15072)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Wyonycteris chalix (type locality: 15081)