Aegyptonycteris knightae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera

Familia: †Aegyptonycteridae
Genus: †Aegyptonycteris
Species: †Aegyptonycteris knightae

Name

Aegyptonycteris knightae Simmons, Seiffert & Gunnell, 2016: 8

• Holotype: CGM 83740, fragment of right maxilla with M2 and M3.
• Type locality and horizon: “Fayum Quarry BQ-2, 23 meter level, Birket Qarun Formation, Fayum Depression, Western Desert, Egypt”. Late Eocene, Priabonian, ~37 Ma.

References

Primary references

• Simmons, N.B., Seiffert, E.R. & Gunnell, G.F. 2016. A New Family of Large Omnivorous Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt, with Comments on Use of the Name “Eochiroptera”. American Museum Novitates 3857: 1–43. hdl: 2246/6651 Reference page.