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Hassianycteris
Extinct genus of bats / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hassianycteris is an extinct genus of Early Eocene (Ypresian) to Middle Eocene (Lutetian) bats from the Hassianycterididae with four or five known species: the type (H. messelensis), H. magna, and H. revilliodi, all found in the Messel pit, Germany,[1][2][3] H. kumari, found in the Cambay Shale Formation (Vastan Lignite Mine), India,[4] and the possible fifth species "H." joeli, found in the Kortijk Clay Formation, Belgium,[5] which may instead belong to Onychonycteridae.[3] The Messel bats Palaeochiropteryx and Hassianycteris (alive roughly 48 million years ago) are the first fossil mammals whose colouration has been discovered: both were reddish-brown when alive.[6][7]
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Specimen of H. messelensis from the Messel Pit of Germany | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
(unranked): | Microchiropteramorpha |
Family: | †Hassianycterididae |
Genus: | †Hassianycteris Smith & Storch, 1981 |
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