Witwatia
| Witwatia Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Suborder: | Microchiroptera |
| Family: | Philisidae |
| Genus: | Witwatia Gunnell et al., 2008 |
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Witwatia (from the Egyptian Arabic Wit Wat meaning "large, flapping wings") is an extinct genus of giant bat that contained two species which lived in the Al Fayyum in Egypt during the late Eocene some 35 million years ago and one species which lived in Tunisia during the early Eocene. It is known from a lower jaw and teeth. Three species have been named: the type species W. schlosseri, W. eremicus and W. sigei.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Gunnell, Gregg F.; Simons, Elwyn L.; Seiffert, Erik R. (2008). "New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[1:NBMCFT]2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Anthony Ravel, Laurent Marivaux, Rodolphe Tabuce, Mustapha Ben Haj Ali, El Mabrouk Essid and Monique Vianey-Liaud (2012). "A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia". Palaeontology 55 (5): 1035–1041. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01160.x.