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Icaronycteris gunnelli
Taxonomy
Icaronycteris gunnelli was named by Rietbergen et al. (2023). Its type specimen is AMNH:FM:145747A,B, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Icaronycteris gunnelli Rietbergen et al. p. 3 figs. Fig. 1, 2 |
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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.
†Icaronycteris gunnelli Rietbergen et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. B. Rietbergen et al. 2023 | Icaronycteris gunnelli is the smallest known chiropteran from the Green River Formation (S1 Table) and is distinguished from other Eocene bats by the following combination of traits: claw present on wing digit I and II; tiny ossified third phalanx present on wing digit III–V; relatively short forearm and broad wing; relatively short, robust hind limbs with a possibly sutured tibia and fibula; lower canine tall and lanceolate; upper canine with anteromedial groove; diastema present between C and P1; P3 with raised lingual cingulum and a crown length relatively shorter than that of P4; P4 with well-developed lingual cingular cusp and labial cingulum; P4 length and width subequal; upper molars with strongly developed ectocingulum. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Icaronycteris gunneli (229886) |