Oldest placental mammal from sub-Saharan Africa: Eocene microbat from Tanzania - evidence for early evolution of sophisticated echolocation

G. F. Gunnell, B. F. Jacobs, P. S. Herendeen, J. J. Head, E. Kowalski, C. P. Msuya, F. A. Mizambwa, T. Harrison, J. Habersetzer, and G. Storch

2003

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Palaeontologia Electronica 5(2):1-10

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Tanzanycterididae
• Tanzanycteris
• Tanzanycteris mannardi

Taxonomy:

• Tanzanycterididae belongs to Microchiroptera - Gunnell et al. (2003)
• Tanzanycteris belongs to Tanzanycterididae - Gunnell et al. (2003)
• Tanzanycteris mannardi belongs to Tanzanycteris - Gunnell et al. (2003)