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Wyonycteris chalix
Taxonomy
Wyonycteris chalix was named by Gingerich (1987) [genotype; said to be a bat, but this is rejected by Hand et al. 1994]. Its type specimen is UM 76910, a mandible (right dentary with P4, M1 (part), and M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Discovery Site, which is in an Eocene wet floodplain wackestone in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Wyonycteris.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1987 | Wyonycteris chalix Gingerich p. 306 |
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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.
†Wyonycteris chalix Gingerich 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available