Primonatalus

Primonatalus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Natalidae
Genus: †Primonatalus
Morgan and Czaplewski, 2003
Species:
†P. prattae
Binomial name
†Primonatalus prattae
Morgan and Czaplewski, 2003

Primonatalus prattae[1][2] is a fossil bat species from the family of the Natalidae which lived in the early Miocene in Florida. This animal, the only species of the genus Primonatalus, is known from 32 fossils (upper and lower jaws, isolated teeth and various other bones).

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Don E; Reeder, DeeAnn M (2005). Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Morgan, Gary S.; Czaplewski, Nicholas J. (May 2003). "A New Bat (Chiroptera: Natalidae) from the Early Miocene of Florida, with Comments on Natalid Phylogeny". Journal of Mammalogy. 84 (2): 729–752. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0729:ANBCNF>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542.


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