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Aegyptonycteris

Description

Aegyptonycteris ("egyptian bat") is a genus of extinct bat from the Late Eocene of North Africa. It is currently known from a single specimen (holotype CGM 83740) from the Birket Qarun Formation in the Fayum Depression in western Egypt.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9250942https://www.gbif.org/species/9250942
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)348327https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=348327
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Aegyptonycteridae : Aegyptonycteris
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
familyAegyptonycteridaeSimmons et al. 2016
genusAegyptonycterisSimmons et al. 2016
Scientific NameAegyptonycteris Simmons et al., 2016
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aegyptonycterisgenusbelongs to Aegyptonycteridaestated with evidenceSimmons et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Chiroptera)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Chiroptera)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Chiroptera)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N.B. Simmons, E.R. Seiffert, and GF Gunnell. 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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegyptonycteris

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aegyptonycteris knightae
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2016Aegyptonycteris Simmons et al.

References

Simmons N.B., Seiffert E.R., et al (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
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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