Rhinolophus priscus Revilliod 1920 (horseshoe bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae

Belongs to Rhinolophus according to P. Revilliod 1920

Sister taxa: Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus borneensis, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rhinolophus contrarius, Rhinolophus csakvarensis, Rhinolophus dehmi, Rhinolophus delphinensis, Rhinolophus estramontis, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus hanaki, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus kowalskii, Rhinolophus lemanensis, Rhinolophus macrorhinus, Rhinolophus pleistocaenicus, Rhinolophus postdelphinensis, Rhinolophus pumilio, Rhinolophus rouxii, Rhinolophus wenzensis, Rhinolophus yongyuthi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mormont, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Switzerland

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (6 collections), Switzerland (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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