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Pteronotus
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pteronotus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | mustached bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 1.63 - 0.34 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pteronotus laetificus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 1.63 Ma Pleistocene | 1.63 Ma Pleistocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1833 | Pterynotus Swainson |
| 1880 | Marchia Jousseaume p. 335 |
| 1885 | Timbellus de Gregario p. 275 |
| 1890 | Murex (Pterynotus) Dall p. 142 |
| 1899 | Pterymurex Roverto |
| 1929 | Pteronotus Finlay p. 76 |
| 1970 | Pterynotus Vokes p. 8 |
| 1977 | Pterynotus Ladd p. 39 |
| 1982 | Pterynotus Ladd p. 42 |
| 1989 | Pterynotus Vaught et al. |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1990 | Pterynotus Beu et al. p. 414 |
| 1994 | Pterynotus Wilson p. 34 |
| 1995 | Pterynotus Squires and Goedert p. 265 |
| 2001 | Pterynotus Squires p. 9 |
| 2001 | Pterynotus Todd |
| 2001 | Pterynotus Wienrich p. 470 |
| 2002 | Marchia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Pterynotus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Pterynotus Landau et al. p. 16 |
| 2017 | Timbellus Darragh p. 73 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
