Qarunycteris moerisae Gunnell et al. 2008 (mouse-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinopomatidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell, E. L. Simons, and E. R. Seiffert. 2008. New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):1-11

Belongs to Qarunycteris according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 83671, a tooth (right [upper] M2). Its type locality is Birket Qarun 2, which is in a Priabonian channel sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2

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