Witwatia

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Witwatia
Fossil range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Microchiroptera
Family: Phillisidae
Genus: Witwatia
Species
  • W. schlosseri Gunnell et al., 2008 (type)
  • W. eremicus Gunnell et al., 2008

Witwatia (from the Egyptian Arabic Wit Wat meaning "large, flapping wings") is an extinct genus of giant bat that lived in the Al Fayyum in Egypt, during the late Eocene some 35 million years ago. It is known from a lower jaw and teeth. Two species have been named: the type species W. schlosseri, and W. eremicus.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gunnell, Gregg F.; Simons, Elwyn L.; and Seiffert, Erik R. (2008). "New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[1:NBMCFT]2.0.CO;2. 

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