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Pteropidae (fruit bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropidae

Taxonomy
Pteropidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Fructivorae by Gray (1821); and to Frugivora by Cope (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Pteropidae Gray p. 299
1889Pteropidae Cope p. 876

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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
suborderFrugivoraGill 1872
familyPteropidae
familyPteropidae

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. Pteropidae Gray 1821 [fruit bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2008-02-13 12:22:21
Modified: 2008-02-13 14:22:21
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Tortonian or 8.70000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Pteropidae indet. (11798)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Pteropidae indet. (44219)