Archaeonycteridae
Archaeonycteridae (formerly spelled Archaeonycterididae) is a Family (biology), family of extinct bats. It was originally erected by the Swiss people, Swiss naturalist Pierre Revilliod as Archaeonycterididae to hold the genus ''Archaeonycteris''. It was formerly classified under the Superfamily (zoology), superfamily Icaronycteroidea (disused) by Kurten and Anderson in 1980. In 2007, the spelling was corrected to Archaeonycteridae and it was reclassified to the unranked clade Microchiropteramorpha by Smith ''et al.''. The family Palaeochiropterygidae was also merged into Archaeonycteridae by Kurten and Anderson, but modern authorities specializing in bat fossils maintain the distinction between the two. They existed from the Ypresian to the Lutetian Age (geology), ages of the Middle Eocene Epoch (geology), epoch (55.8 to 40.4 million years ago). The family is known to closely resemble modern bat species from the well preserved specimens found in the Messel Pit Fossil Site in Germ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australonycteris Clarkae
''Australonycteris'' is an extinct and monotypic genus of microchiropteran bat with the single species ''Australonycteris clarkae''. The species is known from fragmentary remains found at the Murgon fossil site, in south-eastern Queensland, dating to the early Eocene, 54.6 million years ago. It is the oldest bat from the Southern Hemisphere and one of the oldest bats in the world, and inhabited forests and swampy areas, with a diet of insects and possibly small fish. Taxonomy A monotypic genus allied to the family Archaeonycteridae, or classified by an indeterminate familial arrangement, describing fossil material collected at Murgon in 1994. The type specimen is a tooth. The material was discovered at the Tingamarra Local Fauna – Boat Mountain deposit, the type and only known location of fossil evidence of the species. The phylogenetic relationship to other Chiroptera is uncertain, but may represent an early geographic dispersal and separation from the crown clade of bat tax ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archaeonycteris
''Archaeonycteris'' is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India. The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil species '' Archaeonycteris trigonodon''. *''Archaeonycteris trigonodon'' Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris pollex'' Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris brailloni'' Russell ''et al.'', 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...), France *''Archaeonycteris relicta'' Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England *''Archaeonycteris storchi'' Smith ''et al.'', 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), Indi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australonycteris
''Australonycteris'' is an extinct and monotypic genus of microchiropteran bat with the single species ''Australonycteris clarkae''. The species is known from fragmentary remains found at the Murgon fossil site, in south-eastern Queensland, dating to the early Eocene, 54.6 million years ago. It is the oldest bat from the Southern Hemisphere and one of the oldest bats in the world, and inhabited forests and swampy areas, with a diet of insects and possibly small fish. Taxonomy A monotypic genus allied to the family Archaeonycteridae, or classified by an indeterminate familial arrangement, describing fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ... material collected at Murgon in 1994. The type specimen is a tooth. The material was discovered at the Tingamarra Local Fauna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archaeonycteris Storchi
''Archaeonycteris'' is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India. The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil species '' Archaeonycteris trigonodon''. *''Archaeonycteris trigonodon'' Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris pollex'' Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris brailloni'' Russell ''et al.'', 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...), France *''Archaeonycteris relicta'' Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England *''Archaeonycteris storchi'' Smith ''et al.'', 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), Indi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archaeonycteris Brailloni
''Archaeonycteris'' is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India. The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil species '' Archaeonycteris trigonodon''. *''Archaeonycteris trigonodon'' Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris pollex'' Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris brailloni'' Russell ''et al.'', 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...), France *''Archaeonycteris relicta'' Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England *''Archaeonycteris storchi'' Smith ''et al.'', 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), Indi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archaeonycteris Pollex
''Archaeonycteris'' is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India. The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil species '' Archaeonycteris trigonodon''. *''Archaeonycteris trigonodon'' Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris pollex'' Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris brailloni'' Russell ''et al.'', 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...), France *''Archaeonycteris relicta'' Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England *''Archaeonycteris storchi'' Smith ''et al.'', 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), Indi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Palaeochiropterygidae
Palaeochiropterygidae is a family of extinct bats. It was originally erected by the Swiss naturalist Pierre Revilliod in 1917 after discoveries of ''Palaeochiropteryx'' fossils from the Messel Pit of Germany. Palaeochiropterygidae was merged into Archaeonycteridae by Kurten and Anderson in 1980, but modern authorities specializing in bat fossils maintain the distinction between the two. It was classified to the unranked clade Microchiropteramorpha by Smith ''et al.'' in 2007. They existed from the Ypresian to the Lutetian ages of the Middle Eocene epoch (55.8 to 40.4 million years ago). Paleobiology Two species of Palaeochiropterygidae, ''Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon'' and ''P. spiegeli'', are known from complete skeletons from the famous Messel Pit fossil deposits in Germany. ''Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon'' is the most common mammal found at Messel. All other species belonging to Palaeochiropterygidae are known only from isolated teeth and jaw fragments from Europe, India, T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archaeonycteris Trigonodon
''Archaeonycteris'' is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India. The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil species '' Archaeonycteris trigonodon''. *''Archaeonycteris trigonodon'' Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris pollex'' Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany *''Archaeonycteris brailloni'' Russell ''et al.'', 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...), France *''Archaeonycteris relicta'' Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England *''Archaeonycteris storchi'' Smith ''et al.'', 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), Indi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ypresian
In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian Age. The Ypresian is consistent with the lower Eocene. Events The Ypresian Age begins during the throes of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). The Fur Formation in Denmark, the Messel shales in Germany, the Oise amber of France and Cambay amber of India are of this age. The Eocene Okanagan Highlands are an uplands subtropical to temperate series of lakes from the Ypresian. Stratigraphic definition The Ypresian Stage was introduced in scientific literature by Belgium, Belgian geologist André Hubert Dumont in 1850. The Ypresian is named after the Flanders, Flemish city of Ypres in Belgium (spelled ''Ieper'' in Dutch). The definitions of the original stage were totally different from the modern ones. The Ypresi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Murgon Fossil Site
The Murgon fossil site is a paleontology, paleontological site of early Eocene age in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. It lies near the town of Murgon, some 270 km north-west of Brisbane. The Murgon site is important as the only site on the continent with a diverse range of vertebrate fossils dating from the early Paleogene Period (55 million years ago, only 10 million years after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, extinction of the dinosaurs), making it a crucial period in mammal evolution. It is also important in demonstrating Australia's Gondwanan links with South America in the form of similar fossils from the two continents. Geology Volcanic rock which has been estimated to be 40 million years old overlays the site. Therefore, the Murgon fossils must be older than this. The site is mostly clay which was laid down in a lake which formed in a volcanic crater. Fossil fauna The fossil fauna reported from Murgon is referred to as the Tingamarra Fa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vastan Lignite Mines
Vastan ( fa, واستان, also Romanized as Vāstān) is a village in Tangeh Soleyman Rural District, Kolijan Rostaq District, Sari County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 120, in 39 families. References Populated places in Sari County {{Sari-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |