Xylonycteris
| Xylonycteris Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | †Archaeonycteridae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †X. stenodon
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| Binomial name | |
| †Xylonycteris stenodon Hand & Sigé, 2018
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Xylonycteris is an extinct genus of archaeonycterid bat that lived during the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
X. stenodon fossils are known from the Paris Basin and date back to the Early Eocene.[1]
References
- ^ Hand, Suzanne J.; Sigé, Bernard (17 February 2018). "A new archaic bat (Chiroptera: Archaeonycteridae) from an Early Eocene forest in the Paris Basin". Historical Biology. 30 (1–2): 227–236. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1297435. hdl:1959.4/unsworks_46913. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.