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: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea
Familia: Rhinonycteridae
Genera: †Archerops – †Brachipposideros – †Brevipalatus – Cloeotis – Paratriaenops – Rhinonicteris – Triaenops – †Xenorhinos
Name
Rhinonycteridae Gray, 1866: 81
Type genus: Rhinonicteris Gray, 1847
Combinations
Rhinonycterina Gray, 1866 : 81 [described as subtribe]
Rhinonycterini: McKenna & Bell, 1997: 306 [elevate to tribe rank]
Rhinonycterinae: McKenna & Bell, 1997: 306 [elevate to subfamily rank]
Rhinonycteridae: Foley, Thong, Soisook, Goodman, Armstrong, Jacobs, Puechmaille & Teeling, 2015: 319 [elevate to family rank]
Synonyms
Triaenopini Benda & Vallo, 2009: 33 [synonymysed by Foley et al., 2015: 319]
References
Primary references
Gray J.E. 1866. A revision of the genera of Rhinolophidae, or horseshoe bats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 81–83. BHL Reference page.
McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.
Benda, P. & Vallo, P. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the genus Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with description of a new species from southern Arabia and definitions of a new genus and tribe. Folia Zoologica 58: 1–45. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Foley, N.M., Thong, V.D., Soisook, P., Goodman, S.M., Armstrong, K.N., Jacobs, D.S., Puechmaille, S.J. & Teeling, E.C. 2015. How and Why Overcome the Impediments to Resolution: Lessons from rhinolophid and hipposiderid Bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32(2): 313–333. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu329 Open access Reference page.
Additional references
Hand, S.J. & Kirsch, J.A.W. 2003. Archerops, a new annectent hipposiderid genus (Mammalia: Microchiroptera) from the Australian Miocene. Journal of Paleontology 77(6): 1139–1151. DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<1139:AANAHG>2.0.CO;2 ResearchGate Reference page.
Armstrong, K.N., Goodman, S.M., Benda, P. & Hand, S.J. 2016. A common name for the bat family Rhinonycteridae—the Trident Bats. Zootaxa 4179(1): 115–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.7 Paywall Reference page.
Wilson, L.A.B., Hand, S,J., López-Aguirre, C., Archer, M., Black, K.H., Beck, R.M.D., Armstrong, K.N. & Roe, S. 2016. Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats. Alcheringa 40(4): 509–524 . DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2016.1196434
Vernacular names
English: Trident Bats
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