''Brachipposideros'' is an extinct

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of leaf-nosed bats known from Riversleigh, north-western

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and the Languedoc-Roussillon Region,

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. The

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s date to the late

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

to early

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...

. The species '' Brachipposideros nooraleebus'' was the first bat fossil to discovered and named in Australia, it is also the first of genus to be discovered outside of France. The fossil was found to resemble the orange leaf-nosed bat ''

Rhinonicteris aurantia The orange leaf-nosed bat (''Rhinonicteris aurantia'') is a bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is the only living species in the genus '' Rhinonicteris'' which is endemic to Australia, occurring in the far north and north-west of the continent ...

'', an extant species that occurs in caves of Northern Queensland, than the type species of genus ''Hipposideros''. The dentition is the same as many other bats, and accords with the dental formula of hipposiderids: I1/2 C1/1 P1-2/2-3 M3/3 The species assigned to this genus include, *'' Brachipposideros aguilari'' *'' Brachipposideros collongensis'' *'' Brachipposideros dechaseauxi'' *'' Brachipposideros nooraleebus''

References

Miocene mammals of Australia Hipposideridae Miocene bats Oligocene bats Prehistoric bat genera Riversleigh fauna Fossil taxa described in 1968 {{Hipposideridae-stub