Icarops

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Icarops
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Mystacinidae
Genus: Icarops
Hand et al., 1998
Species
  • I. aenae
  • I. breviceps
  • I. paradox [1]

Icarops is an extinct genus of Mystacinidae bats with three described species. The genus is known from fossils found at Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, and Bullock Creek, Northern Territories, Australia. The fossils date from the late Oligocene to early Miocene.[2]

Notes

  1. Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Yangochiroptera. Accessed 2008-01-11
  2. Hand, S.J.; et al. (1998). "Mystacinid Bats (Microchiroptera) from the Australian Tertiary". Journal of Paleontology 72 (3): 538–545. JSTOR 1306652. 


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.