Xylonycteris
 | This article relies on a single source. (February 2025) |
| Xylonycteris Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | †Archaeonycteridae |
| Genus: | †Xylonycteris |
| Species: | †X. stenodon |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xylonycteris stenodon Hand & Sigé, 2018 | |
Xylonycteris is an extinct genus of archaeonycterid bat that lived during the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]X. stenodon fossils are known from the Paris Basin and date back to the Early Eocene.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.