Hassianycteris

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Hassianycteris Temporal range: Early Eocene, 55.8–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of H. messelensis from the Messel Pit of Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
(unranked):
Family:	†
Genus:	†Hassianycteris Smith & Storch, 1981
Species
†Hassianycteris messelensis Smith & Storch, 1981 †Hassianycteris joeli? Smith & Russel, 1992 †Hassianycteris kumari Smith et al., 2007

Hassianycteris is an extinct genus of Early Eocene (Ypresian) bats from the with two or three known species: the type (H. messelensis), found in the Messel pit, Germany,^[1][2] H. kumasi, found in the (Vastan Lignite Mine), India,^[3] and the possible third species "H." joeli, found in the , Belgium.^[4] Alongside Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon (alive roughly 48 million years ago), P. tupaiodon and Hassianycteris kumari are the first fossil mammals whose colouration has been discovered: both were reddish-brown when alive.^[5][6] H. messelensis was probably a similar colour when alive.

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