Archaeonycteris
Archaeonycteris was a primitive bat genus whose remains were found in Germany, France, England and India.
Species
- Archaeonycteris trigonodon Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany[1]
- Archaeonycteris pollex Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany[2]
- Archaeonycteris brailloni Russell et al., 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian), France[3]
- Archaeonycteris relicta Harrrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, [England[4]
- Archaeonycteris storchi Smith et al., 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), India[5]
References
- ^ Revilliod, P. (1917). "Contribution à l'étude des chiroptères des terrains tertiares". Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palä ontologischen Gesellschaft 42: 1–57.
- ^ Storch, G.; Habersetzer, J. (1988). "Archaeonycteris pollex (Mammalia: Chiroptera) eine neue Fledermaus aus dem Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 107: 263–273.
- ^ D. E. Russell, P. Louis, and D. E. Savage (1973). "Chiroptera and Dermoptera of the French early Eocene". University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 95: 1–57.
- ^ Harrison, D. L.; Hooker, J. J. (2010). "Late Middle Eocene bats from the Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, Dorset, southern England with description of a new species of Archaeonycteris (Chiroptera: Archaeonycteridae)". Acta Chiropterologica 12 (1): 1–18. doi:10.3161/150811010X504554. edit
- ^ Smith, T.; Rana, R.S.; Missiaen, P.; Rose, K.D.; Sahni, A.; Singh, H. and Singh, L. (2007). "High bat (Chiroptera) diversity in the Early Eocene of India". Naturwissenschaften 94 (12): 1003–1009.