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Karstopteryx

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae

Species
K. gunnelli (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Karstopteryx Morgan and Czaplewski p. 186 figs. Fig. 4 G-H

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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
superfamilyEmballonuroidea
familyEmballonuridaeDobson 1875
genusKarstopteryx

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. †Karstopteryx Morgan and Czaplewski 2023
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Karstopteryx gunnelli Morgan and Czaplewski 2023
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. S. Morgan and N. J. Czaplewski 2023All characters pertain to the holotype M1, the only tooth represented in the hypodigm of Karstopteryx gunnelli. The M1 has a greatly reduced anterolabial portion of the tooth, including the stylar shelf labial to the paracone, but has a well developed, rounded parastyle at the anterolabial terminus of the paracingulum. The preparacrista is very short and oriented anteriorly. A weakly concave indentation is present in the metafossa labial to the metacone, not a sharply V-shaped indentation. The metacone is taller than the paracone. The paracingulum curves posterolingually from the parastyle to the protocone. The weak hypocone is not separated from the protocone by a distinct notch in the postprotocrista. A paraloph and metaloph are absent. The trigon is triangular in shape not squarish. The talon has rounded lingual, labial, and posterior margins and lacks a deep, central pit.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-01 09:30:42
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Florida) K. gunnelli (17764)