Chadronycteris rabenae Ostrander 1983 (vesper bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Full reference: G. E. Ostrander. 1983. New early Oligocene (Chadronian) mammals from the Raben Ranch Local Fauna, northwest Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 57(1):128-139

Belongs to Chadronycteris according to G. E. Ostrander 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SDSM 09931, a maxilla (left maxilla with P4-M3). Its type locality is Raben Ranch, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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