Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Plecotus

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Plecotus Geoffroy
1825Plecotus Gray p. 339
1968Plecotus Kurten p. 54
1980Plecotus Kurten and Anderson p. 124

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
subfamilyVespertilionae
genusPlecotusGeoffroy 1818

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.

G. Plecotus Geoffroy 1818
show all | hide all
Subg. †Plecotus (Paraplecotus) Rabaeder 1973
hide
†Plecotus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin 1933
Plecotus auritus Linnaeus 1758 [common long-eared bat]
Plecotus austriacus Fischer 1829
†Plecotus crassidens Kormos 1930
†Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson 1818
†Plecotus tetralophodon Handley 1955
Plecotus townsendii Cooper 1837 [Townsend's big-eared bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 11 to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.75 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) P. sp. (11798)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) P. sp. (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) P. sp. (44223 44224)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) P. sp. (32104)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) P. sp. (231339)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland P. crassidens (32240)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland P. crassidens (33396)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) P. sp. (35370)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) P. sp. (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania P. crassidens (71662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) P. sp. (35431)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Czech Republic P. auritus (35907)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium P. auritus (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) P. sp. (123875 124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) P. rafinesquii (20289)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) P. sp. (20554 20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) P. sp. (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Corynorhinus alleganiensis, Corynorhinus alleganiensis (20302)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary P. auritus (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) P. auritus (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) P. abeli (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) P. auritus (35472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) P. sp. (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Corynorhinus tetralophodon (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) P. auritus (101899)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. townsendii (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) P. austriacus (182809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain P. sp. (199941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) P. sp. (104035)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) P. townsendii (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain P. sp. (199942)