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Tonatia

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Tonatia was named by Gray (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phyllostominae by Czaplewski (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
T. bidens, T. minuta, T. silvicola, T. venezuelae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Tonatia Gray
1997Tonatia Czaplewski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPhyllostominaeGray 1825
genusTonatiaGray 1827

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tonatia Gray 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: insectivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2013-06-01 04:36:08
Modified: 2013-05-31 13:36:08
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Czaplewski 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Laventan to the top of the Holocene or 13.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) T. sp. (188241)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia T. sp. (13749)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) T. sp. (211820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) T. bidens (71332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) T. silvicola (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) T. bidens (212251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) T. minuta, T. venezuelae (21686)