Koopmanycteris is an extinct genus of bat that lived in Florida during the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, K. palaeomormoops.[1]
| Koopmanycteris Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Mormoopidae |
| Genus: | †Koopmanycteris |
| Species: | †K. palaeomormoops |
| Binomial name | |
| †Koopmanycteris palaeomormoops Morgan et. al., 2019 | |
References
edit- ↑ Morgan, Gary S.; Czaplewski, Nicholas J.; Simmons, Nancy B. (17 June 2019). "A New Mormoopid Bat from the Oligocene (Whitneyan and Early Arikareean) of Florida, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Major Clades of Mormoopidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2019 (434): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.434.1.1. ISSN 0003-0090. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.