A new bat (Chiroptera: Natalidae) from the early Miocene of Florida, with comments on natalid phylogeny

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 729-752

  Morgan, Gary S ^a   Czaplewski, Nicholas J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Biogeography; Chiroptera; Florida; Fossil; Miocene; Natalidae; Nataloidea; Paleokarst; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BAT; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

CHIROPTERA; MICROPUS; NATALIDAE; NATALUS LEPIDUS; NATALUS STRAMINEUS; NATALUS TUMIDIROSTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038046167     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0729:ANBCNF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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