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Natalidae (funnel-eared bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Natalidae

Taxonomy
Natalidae was named by Gray (1866). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chiroptera by Jaekel (1911) and Nowak (1991); and to Vespertilionoidea by Carroll (1988), Shi and Rabosky (2015) and Amador et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Natalidae Gray p. 90
1911Natalidae Jaekel p. 213
1988Natalidae Carroll
1991Natalidae Nowak
2015Natalidae Shi and Rabosky
2018Natalidae Amador 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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyNatalidaeGray 1866
familyNatalidaeGray 1866

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. Natalidae Gray 1866 [funnel-eared bat]
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G. †Ageina Russell et al. 1973
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†Ageina tobieni Russell et al. 1973
G. †Honrovits Beard et al. 1992
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†Honrovits tsuwape Beard et al. 1992
G. Natalus Gray 1838 [funnel-eared bat]
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Natalus major Miller 1902
Natalus micropus Dobson 1880
G. †Primonatalus Morgan and Czaplewski 2003
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†Primonatalus prattae Morgan and Czaplewski 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: 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: Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Ageina sp. (35535) Ageina tobieni (35533)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Chiroptera indet. (15917) Honrovits tsuwape, Ageina tobieni (16073)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Honrovits tsuwape (15916)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Ageina sp. (16396)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Natalidae indet. (17341)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Primonatalus prattae (18597)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Natalus stramineus (92813)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Natalus stramineus (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Natalus tumidifrons (190743 190745)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Natalus macrourus (212251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Natalus major, Natalus micropus (210532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Natalus stramineus (94615)