Palaeonycteris Explained

Palaeonycteris is an extinct genus of the horseshoe bat family. It is the only genus in the family besides Rhinolophus and the also extinct Protorhinolophus. It is known from the Oligocene of Europe.^[1] The type species of the genus is Palaeonycteris robustus.^[2]

Several species have been assigned to this genus:^[3]

• Palaeonycteris insignis von Meyer, 1845^[4]
• Palaeonycteris praecox von Meyer, 1845^[4]
• Palaeonycteris robustus Pomel, 1853^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Hall, Leslie . Fauna of Australia . Rhinolophidae . AGPS Canberra . 1989. D.W.. Walton. B.J.. Richardson.
2. A List of the Genera and Families of Mammal . North American Fauna . 23 . 503 . 1904 . T. S. . Palmer . Theodore Sherman Palmer.
3. 10.1007/s12542-015-0268-2. Small mammals and stratigraphic position of the "Großberg-Bank" (Lower Oberrad Formation, MN1, early Miocene) at Laubenheim Quarry in the Mainz Basin, SW Germany, and their implications for early Miocene biostratigraphy. 2015. Brinkkötter. J. J.. Martin. T.. 127853642. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89. 4. 995–1022. 2015PalZ...89..995B .
4. Book: Trouessart, Edouard Louis . Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium a doctore E.-L. Trouessart. la. 1899. R. Friedländer & sohn. 124.