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Phyllonycteris

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Phyllonycteris was named by Gundlach (1861). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phyllostomatidae by Choate and Birney (1968); and to Phyllostomidae by Morgan (1994).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Phyllonycteris Gundlach
1968Phyllonycteris Choate and Birney
1994Phyllonycteris Morgan p. 468

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
genusPhyllonycterisGundlach 1861

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. Phyllonycteris Gundlach 1861
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Phyllonycteris major Anthony 1917 [Puerto Rican flower bat]
Phyllonycteris poeyi Gundlach 1860
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Cayman Islands P. poeyi (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Puerto Rico P. major (194492 231343 231345)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda P. major (94615)