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Phyllostominae

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Phyllostominae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant. Its type is Phyllostomus. It is the type subfamily of Phyllostomidae.

It was assigned to Phyllostomidae by Salles et al. (2006) and Czaplewski (2010).

Subtaxa
Chrotopterus, Phyllostomus (type genus), Tonatia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Phyllostominae Gray
2006Phyllostominae Salles et al. p. 7
2010Phyllostominae Czaplewski

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPhyllostominaeGray 1825
subfamilyPhyllostominaeGray 1825

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.

Subfm. Phyllostominae Gray 1825
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G. Chrotopterus Peters 1865 [big-eared woolly bat]
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G. Phyllostomus Lacépède 1799 [spear-nosed bat]
G. Tonatia Gray 1827
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 20.43000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 17.5 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Phyllostominae indet. (141368)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama (Panama City) Phyllostominae indet. (144879)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Phyllostominae indet., Tonatia sp. (13749)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Tonatia sp. (188241)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Chrotopterus auritus (147815)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Tonatia sp. (211820)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Phyllostomus sp. (92813)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Phyllostomus hastatus, Tonatia bidens (71332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Phyllostomus sp., Phyllostomus hastatus, Tonatia silvicola (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Chrotopterus auritus (71313) Tonatia bidens (212251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Chrotopterus auritus (212250)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Phyllostomus discolor, Phyllostomus hastatus, Phyllostomus elongatus, Tonatia minuta, Tonatia venezuelae (21686)