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Macroderma

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae

Taxonomy
Macroderma was named by Miller. It is extant.

It was assigned to Megadermatidae by Dawson et al. (1999) and Myers et al. (2001).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
p. 1906
YearName and author
1999Macroderma Dawson et al. p. 283
2001Macroderma Myers et al. p. 148

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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
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyRhinolophoidea
familyMegadermatidaeAllen 1864
genusMacrodermaMiller

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. Macroderma Miller
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Macroderma koppa Dawson and Augee 1988
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: Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (183096)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) M. godthelpi (84865)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (68775)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (New South Wales) M. koppa (181610 182958)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Macroderma indet. (144585)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) M. gigas (96015 136222 182322)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) M. gigas (182323)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) M. sp. (182321)