Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand’s Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat

S. J. Hand, D. E. Lee, T. H. Worthy, M. Archer, J. P. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, S. W. Salisbury, R. P. Scofield, D. C. Mildenhall, E. M. Kennedy, and J. K. Lindqvist

2015

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PLoS One 10(6):e0128871

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Mystacina
• Mystacina miocenalis
• Noctilionoidea

Taxonomy:

• Mystacina miocenalis belongs to Mystacina - Hand et al. (2015)
• Mystacina belongs to Mystacinidae - Hand et al. (2015)
• Mystacinidae belongs to Noctilionoidea - Hand et al. (2015)
• Noctilionoidea belongs to Chiroptera - Hand et al. (2015)