Hipposideros omani Sigé et al. 1994 (roundleaf bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae

Full reference: B. Sigé, H. Thomas, S. Sen, E. Gheerbrant, and J. Roger, Z., and Al-Sulaimani. 1994. Les chiroptères de Taqah (Oligocène inférieur, Sultanat d'Oman): Premier inventaire systématique. Munchner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 26:35-48

Belongs to Hipposideros according to B. Sigé et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus), Hipposideros bernardsigei, Hipposideros caffer, Hipposideros collongensis, Hipposideros conquensis, Hipposideros felix, Hipposideros minor, Hipposideros morloti, Hipposideros schlosseri

Type specimen: TQ 72, a tooth. Its type locality is Taqah, which is in an Oligocene coastal marl in the Ashawq Formation of Oman.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Taqah

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