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Plecotus alleganiensis

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Corynorhinus alleganiensis was named by Gidley and Gazin (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 12412, a partial skull (skull with incomplete dentition and lacking bullae and zygomatic arches), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.

It was recombined as Plecotus alleganiensis by Martin (1972) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Corynorhinus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin p. 345
1972Plecotus alleganiensis Martin
1980Plecotus alleganiensis Kurten and Anderson p. 124

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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
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
subfamilyVespertilionae
genusPlecotusGeoffroy 1818
speciesalleganiensis()

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.

†Plecotus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available