Americanycteris
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| Americanycteris Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | †Americanycteris |
| Species: | †A. cyrtodon
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| †Americanycteris cyrtodon Morgan et. al., 2023
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Americanycteris is an extinct genus of phyllostomid bat that lived during the Early Miocene.
Distribution
[edit]A. cyrtodon is known from Panama, being a member of the Arikareean Lirio Norte Local Fauna and the Hemingfordian Centenario Fauna.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Morgan, Gary S.; Czaplewski, Nicholas J.; Rincon, Aldo F.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Wood, Aaron R.; MacFadden, Bruce J. (29 November 2023). "A new early Miocene bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Panama confirms middle Cenozoic chiropteran dispersal between the Americas". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 30 (4): 963–993. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09690-4. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 26 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
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