Megaderma Geoffroy 1810 (false vampire)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Parent taxon: Megadermatidae according to P. Mein and L. Ginsburg 1997
See also Gray 1825 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Cardioderma, Lavia, Macroderma, Saharaderma
Subtaxa: Megaderma brailloni Megaderma franconica Megaderma lopezae Megaderma lugdunensis Megaderma spasma Megaderma vireti
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Israel (1), the Philippines (2)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
• MN 13 of France (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Slovakia (1), Thailand (1)
• Oligocene of Spain (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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