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It contains four [[Genus|genera]]. The species included in the following list is incomplete:<ref name="paleodb"/>
It contains four [[Genus|genera]]. The species included in the following list is incomplete:<ref name="paleodb"/>
*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris]]'' <small>Revilliod, 1917</small>
*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris]]'' <small>Revilliod, 1917</small>
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris trigonodon'' <small>Revilliod, 1917</small> - [[Messel Pit]] (Lutetian), Germany
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris trigonodon]]'' <small>Revilliod, 1917</small> - [[Messel Pit]] ([[Lutetian]]), Germany
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris pollex'' <small>Storch & Habersetzer, 1988</small> - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris pollex]]'' <small>Storch & Habersetzer, 1988</small> - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris brailloni]]'' <small>Russell ''et al.'', 1973</small> - [[Avenay-Val-d'Or|Avenay quarry]] ([[Ypresian]]), [[France]]
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris brailloni]]'' <small>Russell ''et al.'', 1973</small> - [[Avenay-Val-d'Or|Avenay quarry]] ([[Ypresian]]), [[France]]
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris storchi]]'' <small>Smith ''et al.'', 2007</small> - [[Vastan Lignite Mines]] (Ypresian), [[India]]
:*{{extinct}}''[[Archaeonycteris storchi]]'' <small>Smith ''et al.'', 2007</small> - [[Vastan Lignite Mines]] (Ypresian), [[India]]
*{{extinct}}''[[Cecilionycteris]]'' <small>Heller, 1935</small>
*{{extinct}}''[[Cecilionycteris]]'' <small>Heller, 1935</small>
:*{{extinct}}''[[Cecilionycteris prisca]]'' <small>Heller, 1935</small> - [[Geiseltal]] ([[Lutetian]]), [[Germany]]
:*{{extinct}}''[[Cecilionycteris prisca]]'' <small>Heller, 1935</small> - [[Geiseltal]] (Lutetian), [[Germany]]
*{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia]]'' <small>Smith and Storch 1981</small>
*{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia]]'' <small>Smith and Storch 1981</small>
:*{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia germanica]]''
:*{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia germanica]]''

Revision as of 10:47, 19 May 2011

Archaeonycteridae
Temporal range:
Ypresian to Lutetian (Middle Eocene)
Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon from the Jura Museum of Eichstätt, Germany.]]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
(unranked): Microchiropteramorpha
Family: Archaeonycteridae
Revilliod, 1917
Type genus
Archaeonycteris
Revilliod, 1917
Genera[1]

See text.

Synonyms

Archaeonycterididae Revilliod, 1917

Archaeonycteridae (formerly spelled Archaeonycterididae) is a family of extinct bats. It was originally erected by the Swiss naturalist Pierre Revilliod as Archaeonycterididae to hold the genus Archaeonycteris. It was formerly classified under the superfamily Icaronycteroidea (disused) by Kurten and Anderson in 1980. In 2007, the spelling was corrected to Archaeonycteridae and it was reclassified to the unranked clade Microchiropteramorpha by Smith et al..[1][2] The family Palaeochirpterygidae was also merged into Archaeonycteridae by Kurten and Anderson, but modern authorities specializing in bat fossils maintain the distinction between the two.[3][4]

They existed from the Ypresian to the Lutetian ages of the Middle Eocene epoch (55.8 to 40.4 million years ago).[1]

Genera

It contains four genera. The species included in the following list is incomplete:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Palaeochiropteryx". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  2. ^ Nancy B. Simmons & Tenley Conway (1998). "Higher-level Classification of Bats". Tree of Life web project. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Palaeochiropterygidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Thierry Smith, Rajendra S. Rana, Pieter Missiaen, Kenneth D. Rose, Ashok Sahni, Hukam Singh, & Lachham Singh (2007). "High bat (Chiroptera) diversity in the Early Eocene of India". Naturwissenschaften. 94. Springer-Verlag: 1003–1009. doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0280-9. Retrieved May 19, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)