Submyotodon
Submyotodon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Subfamily: | Myotinae |
Genus: | Submyotodon Ziegler, 2003 |
Species | |
Submyotodon is a genus of vespertilionid bats, published as a new taxon in 2003 to describe a Miocene fossil species. Extant species and subspecies previously included in Myotis were later transferred to this genus. Species in this genus are referred to as broad-muzzled bats or broad-muzzled myotises.[1][2]
Taxonomy and etymology[]
Submyotodon was described as a new genus of bat in 2003, based on fossil specimens found near Eichstätt, Germany. The type species is . The genus name Submyotodon is from the Latin prefix sub ('under' or 'close to'), + the Greek roots μῦς (mûs, 'mouse') + οὖς (oûs, ot-, 'ear') + ὀδόντος (odóntos, -odont, 'tooth'). This refers to the fact that its molars are similar to those of the mouse-eared bats, e.g. "myotodont" molars.[1] Myotodont molars are characterized by a postcristid (enamel ridge linking the hypoconid and hypoconulid) that links to the entoconid (inner posterior cusp of a molar).[3]
Submyotodon is the second extant genus included in the subfamily Myotinae. Before the description of Submyotodon and analysis of its phylogenetics, the only member of Myotinae was the genus Myotis.[3]
Species[]
Extant[]
- (Tomes, 1859) - Himalayan broad-muzzled bat[3]
- Submyotodon latirostris (Kishida, 1932) - Taiwan broad-muzzled bat[3]
- Submyotodon moupinensis (Milne-Edwards, 1872) - Moupin broad-muzzled bat[3]
Fossil[]
- † Ziegler, 2003[1]
Range[]
The extinct S. petersbuchensis was discovered in Germany.[1] The three extant species are found in Asia, including Taiwan, India, and China.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Ziegler, Reinhard (2003). "Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from Middle Miocene karstic fissure fillings of Petersbuch near Eichstätt, Southern Franconian Alb (Bavaria)". Geobios. 36 (4): 447–490. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00043-3.
- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25
- ^ a b c d e f Ruedi, Manuel; Csorba, Gábor; Lin, Liang-Kong; Chou, C-H (2015-02-20). "Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China". Zootaxa. 3920: 301–342. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.6. PMID 25781252.
- Submyotodon
- Bat genera
- Extant Miocene first appearances