''Dizzya'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
,
monotypic genus of
bat that occurred in the Chambi region,
Tunisia, in the Middle
Eocene. It was described based on a single upper molar, a lower dentary with two broken teeth, and a humerus.
It is the smallest and, along with ''
Witwatia sigei'', the oldest representative of the
Philisidae
Philisidae is an extinct family of bats of the suborder Microchiroptera that lived between the Eocene to the Late Miocene in the continent of Africa.
Genera
Currently the following genera are known:
*†'' Dizzya'' Sigé, 1991
*†'' Philis ...
, an extinct family of
bats related to the
Vespertilionidae.
References
Eocene bats
Prehistoric bat genera
Prehistoric monotypic mammal genera
Eocene mammals of Africa
Fossil taxa described in 1991
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