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Microchiropteramorpha

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)178560https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=178560
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Microchiropteramorpha
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
suborderMicrochiropteramorpha
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Microchiropteramorphasuborderbelongs to Chiropterastated without evidenceSmith et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)29
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (3.4%)
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 48.6 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

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Archaeonycteridae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1956.0 Ma
Paleocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene
Hassianycterididae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
356.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Palaeochiropterygidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
656.0 Ma
Paleocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene
Jaegeria
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1998Microchiropteramorpha Simmons and Geisler
2007Microchiropteramorpha Smith et al. p. 1004
2010Microchiropteramorpha 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
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
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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