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Archaeonycteridae; Temporal range: ; Ypresian to Lutetian (Middle Eocene) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Archaeonycteris fossil from the Natural History Museum of Milan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
(unranked):	Microchiropteramorpha
Family:	†Archaeonycteridae; (Revilliod, 1917)
Type genus
	†Archaeonycteris; Revilliod, 1917
Genera
	See text.
Synonyms
	Archaeonycterididae Revilliod, 1917

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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 Palaeochiropterygidae 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 following list may be incomplete or inaccurate:^[1]

†Archaeonycteris Revilliod, 1917
- †Archaeonycteris trigonodon Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany
- †Archaeonycteris pollex Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany
- †Archaeonycteris brailloni Russell et al., 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian), France
- †Archaeonycteris storchi Smith et al., 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), India
†Australonycteris Hand, Novacek, Godthelp & Archer, 1994
- †Australonycteris clarkae Hand, Novacek, Godthelp & Archer, 1994 - Murgon fossil site (Ypresian), Australia
†Matthesia Smith and Storch 1981
- †Matthesia germanica
- †Matthesia insolita
†Protonycteris Smith et al., 2007
- †Protonycteris gunnelli Smith et al., 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mine (Ypresian), India

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Archaeonycteridae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
^ Nancy B. Simmons & Tenley Conway (1998). "Higher-level Classification of Bats". Tree of Life web project. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ "Palaeochiropterygidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
^ 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. PMID 17671774. Retrieved May 19, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[paleodb-1] "Archaeonycteridae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved May 16, 2011.

[tolweb-2] Nancy B. Simmons & Tenley Conway (1998). "Higher-level Classification of Bats". Tree of Life web project. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[paleodb2-3] "Palaeochiropterygidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved May 19, 2011.

[smith-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. PMID 17671774. Retrieved May 19, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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 It contains four [[Genus|genera]]. The following list may be incomplete or inaccurate:<ref name="paleodb"/>
 *{{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}}''[[Australonycteris]]'' <small>Hand, Novacek, Godthelp & Archer, 1994</small>
-:*{{extinct}}''[[Australonycteris clarkae]]'' <small>Hand, Novacek, Godthelp & Archer, 1994</small> - [[Murgon fossil site]] (Ypresian), [[Australia]]
+**{{extinct}}''[[Australonycteris clarkae]]'' <small>Hand, Novacek, Godthelp & Archer, 1994</small> - [[Murgon fossil site]] (Ypresian), [[Australia]]
 *{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia]]'' <small>Smith and Storch 1981</small>
-:*{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia germanica]]''
+**{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia germanica]]''
-:*{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia insolita]]''
+**{{extinct}}''[[Matthesia insolita]]''
 *{{extinct}}''[[Protonycteris]]'' <small>Smith ''et al.'', 2007</small>
-:*{{extinct}}''[[Protonycteris gunnelli]]'' <small>Smith ''et al.'', 2007</small> - Vastan Lignite Mine (Ypresian), India
+**{{extinct}}''[[Protonycteris gunnelli]]'' <small>Smith ''et al.'', 2007</small> - Vastan Lignite Mine (Ypresian), India
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 [[Category:Eocene bats]]