Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Full reference: P. Mein and M. Pickford. 2003. Fossil bat (Microchiroptera, Mammalia) from Arrisdrift, Namibia. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:115-117
Belongs to Rhinolophus according to P. Mein and M. Pickford 2003
Sister taxa: Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus borneensis, Rhinolophus clivosus, 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 priscus, Rhinolophus pumilio, Rhinolophus rouxii, Rhinolophus wenzensis, Rhinolophus yongyuthi
Type specimen: AD 272'96, a mandible (left mandible with p2-p4 and incisor and canine alveoli). Its type locality is Arrisdrift, which is in a Miocene channel sandstone in Namibia.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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