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Emballonuridae (sac-winged bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Emballonuridae Dobson
1883Emballonuridae Flower p. 185
1889Emballonuridae Cope p. 876
1891Emballonuridae Flower and Lydekker p. 92
1911Emballonuridae Jaekel p. 213
1984Emballonuridae Butler
1988Emballonuridae Carroll
1991Emballonuridae Nowak
1996Emballonuridae Hooker p. 289
2016Emballonuridae Ravel et al. p. 377

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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
superfamilyEmballonuroidea
familyEmballonuridaeDobson 1875
familyEmballonuridaeDobson 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. Emballonuridae Dobson 1875 [sac-winged bat]
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G. Balantiopteryx Peters 1867 [sac-winged bat]
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Balantiopteryx io Thomas 1904 [Thomas's sac-winged bat]
G. †Dhofarella Sigé et al. 1994
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†Dhofarella sigei Gunnell et al. 2008
†Dhofarella thaleri Sigé et al. 1994
G. Diclidurus Wied-Neuwied 1819 [ghost bat]
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Diclidurus virgo Thomas 1903
G. †Eppsinycteris Hooker 1996
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†Eppsinycteris anglica Cooper 1932
G. †Pseudovespertiliavus Ravel et al. 2016
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†Pseudovespertiliavus parva Ravel et al. 2016
G. Rhynchonycteris Peters 1867 [proboscis bat]
G. Saccolaimus Temminck 1838
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†Saccolaimus kenyensis Gunnell and Manthi 2018
G. Saccopteryx Illiger 1811
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Saccopteryx bilineata Temminck 1838
G. †Tachypteron Storch et al. 2002
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†Tachypteron franzeni Storch et al. 2002
G. Taphozous Geoffroy 1818
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†Taphozous incognita Butler and Hopwood 1957
Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830
G. †Vespertiliavus Schlosser 1877
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†Vespertiliavus aenigma Ravel et al. 2016
†Vespertiliavus gracilis Revilliod 1920
†Vespertiliavus kasserinensis Ravel et al. 2016
†Vespertiliavus lapradei Sudre et al. 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-01 09:30:42
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Holocene or 48.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Adapisorex anglicus, Eppsinycteris anglica (38868)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) Pseudovespertiliavus parva (77014)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Tunisia Vespertiliavus aenigma, Vespertiliavus kasserinensis (87795)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Tachypteron franzeni (22701)
MP 13 - MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Quercy) Emballonuridae indet., Vespertiliavus lapradensis (36875)
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Vespertiliavus lapradei (184174)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) Vespertiliavus sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Vespertiliavus schlosseri, Vespertiliavus indet. 1, Vespertiliavus indet. 2, Vespertiliavus gracilis (12840)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Vespertiliavus sp. (12848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Vespertiliavus sp., Vespertiliavus gracilis (12849) Vespertiliavus wingei, Vespertiliavus sp. (12841)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Vespertiliavus wingei, Vespertiliavus sp., Vespertiliavus gracilis (12850)
MP 20 - MP 2137.2 - 28.4France (Occitanie) Vespertiliavus gracilis (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Vespertiliavus bourguignati (31583)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Dhofarella thaleri (162464)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France Vespertiliavus gracilis (183452)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Dhofarella sigei (60127)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Vespertiliavus gracilis (183381)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Emballonuridae indet. A, Emballonuridae indet. B (17341)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Emballonuridae indet. (17476)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Emballonuridae indet. (176130)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda Taphozous incognita (28293)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Emballonuridae indet. (176149)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Taphozous sp. (37050)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Taphozous sp. (48126)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru Emballonuridae indet. (176156)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Emballonuridae indet., Diclidurus indet. (13749)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria Vespertiliavus schlosseri (215636)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Saccolaimus kenyensis (198275) Saccolaimus sp. (198274)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Taphozous abitus (21546)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Taphozous abitus (21545)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Balantiopteryx io (71264)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Taphozous mauritianus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Taphozous mauritianus (194169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Rhynchonycteris naso, Saccopteryx canescens, Saccopteryx leptura, Saccopteryx bilineata (21686)