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Taphozous
Taxonomy
Taphozous was named by Geoffroy (1818). It is extant.
It was assigned to Emballonuridae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Butler (1984) and Mein and Ginsburg (1997).
It was assigned to Emballonuridae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Butler (1984) and Mein and Ginsburg (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1818 | Taphozous Geoffroy |
1980 | Taphozous Kurten and Anderson |
1984 | Taphozous Butler |
1997 | Taphozous Mein and Ginsburg p. 795 |
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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.
G. Taphozous Geoffroy 1818
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†Taphozous incognita Butler and Hopwood 1957
Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | T. incognita (28293) | |
Burdigalian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | T. sp. (37050) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | T. sp. (48126) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | T. abitus (21546) | |
Gelasian | Ethiopia | T. abitus (21545) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | T. mauritianus (21693) | |
Holocene | Mauritius | T. mauritianus (194169) |