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Miniopterus schreibersi

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Miniopteridae

Taxonomy
Miniopterus schreibersi was named by Natterer (1819). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. fuliginosus, M. gleni, M. schreibersii, M. shreibersii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Miniopterus schreibersi Natterer
1968Miniopterus schreibersi Kurten p. 55

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
familyMiniopteridaeDobson 1875
genusMiniopterusBonaparte 1837
speciesschreibersiNatterer 1819

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2008-02-13 12:22:21
Modified: 2008-02-13 14:22:21
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the Holocene or 5.09000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland Miniopterus schreibersi (32240)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Miniopterus schreibersi (214689)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Miniopterus schreibersi (21915)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel Miniopterus schreibersi (225664)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Miniopterus schreibersi (21949)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Miniopterus schreibersi (68340 68341 68342)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Miniopterus schreibersi (35476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Miniopterus schreibersi (92787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Miniopterus schreibersi (22073)