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Erophylla

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Erophylla was named by Miller (1906). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Erophylla Miller
1968Erophylla Choate and Birney
1994Erophylla 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
genusErophyllaMiller 1906

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. Erophylla Miller 1906
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Erophylla bombifrons Miller 1899 [brown flower bat]
Erophylla sezekorni Gundlach 1861
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) E. sezekorni (190743 190744)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) E. sezekorni (208106 210532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) E. sezekorni (210541)