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Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mystacinidae

Taxonomy
Mystacinidae was named by Dobson (1875). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chiroptera by Nowak (1991); and to Noctilionoidea by Hand et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Mystacina, Vulcanops

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Mystacinidae Dobson
1991Mystacinidae Nowak
2015Mystacinidae Hand et al.

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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
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyMystacinidaeDobson 1875
familyMystacinidaeDobson 1875

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.

Fm. Mystacinidae Dobson 1875 [New Zealand short-tailed bat]
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G. Mystacina Gray 1843
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†Mystacina miocenalis Hand et al. 2015
Mystacina robusta Dwyer 1962
G. †Vulcanops Hand et al. 2018
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†Vulcanops jennyworthyae Hand et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: 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: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 19.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Mystacina miocenalis (152098) Mystacinidae unnamed species 1, Mystacinidae unnamed species 2 (153884) Mystacinidae unnamed species 1, Mystacinidae unnamed species 2, Mystacina miocenalis, Vulcanops jennyworthyae (73690) Vulcanops jennyworthyae (126289)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Otago) Vulcanops jennyworthyae (224421)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Mystacina robusta (182838) Mystacina tuberculata, Mystacina robusta (182103 182104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Mystacina robusta (215385 215387 215403 215415 215416 215418 215419 215420 215421 215580 215583 215614)