Miniopterus fossilis

Extinct species of bat

Miniopterus fossilis
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species:
M. fossilis
Binomial name
Miniopterus fossilis
Zapfe, 1950

Miniopterus fossilis is a fossil bat in the genus Miniopterus. It existed in what is now Slovakia[1] during the Miocene period. It was first named by Zapfe in 1950.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mein, P. and Ginsburg, L. 2002. "Sur l'age relatif des differents karstiques miocenes de La Grive-Saint-Alban (Isere). Cahiers Scientifiques, Museum d'Histoire naturelle, Lyon 2:7-47.
  2. ^ Page 274, Acta palaeontologica Polonica, Volume 32. Polska Akademia Nauk, Komitet Geologicany, Zaklad Paleobiologi (Polska Akademia Nauk) Published by Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1987.
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Species of genus Miniopterus
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Chiroptera
  • Family: Miniopteridae
Fossils
  • M. approximatus
  • M. fossilis
  • M. rummeli
  • M. tao
  • M. zapfei
Eurasia and Australia
  • Little bent-wing bat (M. australis)
  • Eastern bent-wing bat (M. fuliginosus)
  • Southeast Asian long-fingered bat (M. fuscus)
  • M. macrocneme
  • Western bent-winged bat (M. magnater)
  • Intermediate long-fingered bat (M. medius)
  • Australasian bent-wing bat (M. orianae)
  • M. pallidus
  • Philippine long-fingered bat (M. paululus)
  • Small bent-winged bat (M. pusillus)
  • Loyalty bent-winged bat (M. robustior)
  • Common bent-wing bat (M. schreibersii)
  • Shortridge's long-fingered bat (M. shortridgei)
  • Great bent-winged bat (M. tristis)
Mainland Africa and nearby islands
  • African long-fingered bat (M. africanus)
  • Lesser long-fingered bat (M. fraterculus)
  • Greater long-fingered bat (M. inflatus)
  • M. maghrebensis
  • M. mossambicus
  • Least long-fingered bat (M. minor)
  • Natal long-fingered bat (M. natalensis)
  • M. newtoni
Madagascar and Comoros
Taxon identifiers
Miniopterus fossilis


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