Matthesia

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Matthesia
Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 48.6–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Archaeonycteridae
Genus: Matthesia
and Russell 1980
Species
  • Matthesia germanica
  • Matthesia insolita

Matthesia was a primitive bat genus in the family Palaeochiropterygidae. Matthesia is represented by two species known from the middle Lutetian of Geiseltal, Germany.[1] It may be a junior synonym of Palaeochiropteryx.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Sigé, Bernard; Russell, Donald E. (1980). "Compléments sur les chiroptères de l'Eocène moyen d'Europe. Les genres Palaeochiropteryx et Cecilionycteris". Palaeovertebrata. 9: 91–126.
  2. ^ Smith, Thierry; Habersetzer, Jörg; Simmons, Nancy B.; Gunnell, Gregg F. (March 2012). "Systematics and paleobiogeography of early bats". In Gunnell, Gregg F; Simmons, Nancy B (eds.). Evolutionary History of Bats. Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology. pp. 23–66. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139045599.003. ISBN 9781139045599.


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