Protorhinolophus shanghuangensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinolophidae
Genus: †Protorhinolophus
Species: †Protorhinolophus shanghuangensis

Name

Protorhinolophus shanghuangensis Ravel, Marivaux, Qi, Wang & Beard, 2014: 3

• Holotype: IVPP V18643, right dentary with p4-m3.
• Type locality and horizon: “Fissure fillings located in the Shanghuang Limestone Quarry, near the village of Shanghuang, Liyang County, southern Jiangsu Province, central coastal China. The locality is correlated with the Sharamurunian Asian Land Mammal Age, middle Eocene”.

References

Primary references

• Ravel, A., Marivaux, L., Qi, T., Wang, Y.-Q. & Beard, K.C. 2014. New chiropterans from the middle Eocene of Shanghuang (Jiangsu Province, Coastal China): new insight into the dawn horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) in Asia. Zoologica Scripta 43(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12027 Reference page.