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Eppsinycteris anglica

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae

Taxonomy
Adapisorex anglicus was named by Cooper (1932). Its type specimen is NHMUK M13776, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Abbey Wood, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Blackheath Beds Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Eppsinycteris.

It was recombined as Eppsinycteris anglica by Hooker (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Adapisorex anglicus Cooper
1996Eppsinycteris anglica Hooker p. 289

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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
superfamilyEmballonuroidea
familyEmballonuridaeDobson 1875
genusEppsinycteris
speciesanglica(Cooper 1932)

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.

†Eppsinycteris anglica Cooper 1932
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Diagnosis
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