Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea
Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Glossophaginae
Tribus: Brachyphyllini
Genus: Phyllonycteris
Subgenus: Phyllonycteris (Phyllonycteris)
Species: †Phyllonycteris major
Name
Phyllonycteris major Anthony, 1917: 567
Holotype: AMNH 40925, skull nearly complete but lacking full dentition, collected by H.E. Anthony on 29 July 1916.
Type locality: “Cueva Catedral, near Morovis, Porto Rico”.
Native distribution areas
Puerto Rico
References
Primary references
Anthony, H.E. 1917. Two new fossil bats from Porto Rico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(19): 565–568. hdl: 2246/1340 Open access Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Puerto Rican Flower Bat
The Puerto Rican flower bat (Phyllonycteris major) is an extinct species of bat from the family Phyllostomidae (leaf-nosed bats). It was native to Puerto Rico and is known only from subfossil skeletal material.[1]
Sources
UNEP-WCMC Species Database Archived 2008-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
Bucknell University - Wilson & Reeder's: Mammal Species of the World (Third edition)
ZipCodeZoo.com
References
"Phyllonycteris (Phyllonycteris) major".
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