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Archaeonycteridae ✝

Description

Archaeonycteridae (formerly spelled Archaeonycterididae) is a family of extinct bats. It was originally erected by the Swiss naturalist Pierre Revilliod as Archaeonycterididae to hold the genus Archaeonycteris. It was formerly classified under the superfamily Icaronycteroidea (disused) by Kurten and Anderson in 1980. In 2007, the spelling was corrected to Archaeonycteridae and it was reclassified to the unranked clade Microchiropteramorpha by Smith et al.. The family Palaeochiropterygidae was also merged into Archaeonycteridae by Kurten and Anderson, but modern authorities specializing in bat fossils maintain the distinction between the two.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832027https://www.gbif.org/species/4832027
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)178564https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=178564
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Archaeonycteridae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
-Microchiropteramorpha
familyArchaeonycteridae(Revilliod 1917)
Scientific NameArchaeonycteridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaeonycteridaefamilybelongs to Icaronycteroideastated without evidenceKurten and Anderson, 1980
Archaeonycteridaefamilybelongs to Microchiropteramorphastated without evidenceSmith et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Chiroptera)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Chiroptera)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Chiroptera)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. Smith, R. S. Rana, and P. Missiaen, K. D. Rose, A. Sahni, H. Singh, L. Singh. 2007. High bat (Chiroptera) diversity in the Early Eocene of India. Naturwissenschaften 94(12):1003-1009
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeonycteridae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Archaeonycteris
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
856.0 Ma
Paleocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene
Cecilionycteris
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
147.8 Ma
Eocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene
Icaronycteris
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
856.8 Ma
Paleocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene
Matthesia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
247.8 Ma
Eocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene
Palaeochiropteryx
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
548.6 Ma
Eocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene
Protonycteris
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Archaeonycterididae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Archaeonycterididae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1917Archaeonycterididae Revilliod p. 190
1980Archaeonycterididae Kurten and Anderson
2007Archaeonycteridae Smith et al. p. 1004
2010Archaeonycteridae Harrison and Hooker p. 2

References

Smith T., Rana R. S., et al (2007) High bat (Chiroptera) diversity in the Early Eocene of India, Naturwissenschaften 94 12, 1003-1009 doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0280-9
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
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
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Systema Naturae 2000 (2006 version) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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