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Microchiroptera
Taxonomy
Microchiroptera was named by Dobson (1875). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Animalivora by Gregory (1910), Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Chiropteri by Jaekel (1911); to Microchiropteramorpha by Harrison and Hooker (2010); and to Chiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), McKenna (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), Czaplewski (1991), Gunnell et al. (2003), Gunnell et al. (2008), Ravel et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Animalivora by Gregory (1910), Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Chiropteri by Jaekel (1911); to Microchiropteramorpha by Harrison and Hooker (2010); and to Chiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), McKenna (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), Czaplewski (1991), Gunnell et al. (2003), Gunnell et al. (2008), Ravel et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Microchiroptera Dobson |
| 1883 | Microchiroptera Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Microchiroptera Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1911 | Microchiroptera Jaekel p. 213 |
| 1975 | Microchiroptera McKenna p. 42 |
| 1980 | Microchiroptera Kurten and Anderson p. 116 |
| 1986 | Microchiroptera Hooker p. 241 |
| 1988 | Microchiroptera Carroll |
| 1991 | Microchiroptera Czaplewski p. 716 |
| 2003 | Microchiroptera Gunnell et al. p. 3 |
| 2008 | Microchiroptera Gunnell et al. p. 2 |
| 2010 | Microchiroptera Harrison and Hooker p. 8 |
| 2016 | Microchiroptera Ravel et al. p. 363 |
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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.
Subor. Microchiroptera Dobson 1875
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G. †Afropterus Lavocat 1961
Invalid names: Icaronycteroidea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharamurunian | China (Henan) | Microchiroptera indet. (41120) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Microchiroptera indet. (16499) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Nevada) | Microchiroptera indet. (16218) | |
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Loreto) | Microchiroptera indet. (176151) | |
| Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Microchiroptera indet. (16630) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Microchiroptera indet. 1, Microchiroptera indet. 2, Microchiroptera indet. 3, Microchiroptera indet. 4 (39014) | |
| Bartonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | Microchiroptera indet. (31736 183350) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Microchiroptera indet. (174913 174914) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | Microchiroptera indet. (144474) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Microchiroptera indet. (17045) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Microchiroptera indet. (162464) | |
| Rupelian | Switzerland | Microchiroptera indet. (183371) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Microchiroptera indet. (18554) | |
| Zanclean | Ethiopia | Microchiroptera indet. (22160) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Microchiroptera indet. (70556) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Microchiroptera indet. (20173 20178) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Malaysia (Perak) | Microchiroptera indet. (235742) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Malaysia (Selangor) | Microchiroptera indet. (235743) |