Biology:Philisidae
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Short description: Extinct family of bats
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Superfamily: | Vespertilionoidea |
| Family: | †Philisidae Sigé, 1985 |
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Philisidae is an extinct family of bats of the suborder Microchiroptera that lived between the Eocene to the Late Miocene in the continent of Africa.
Genera
Currently the following genera are known:[1][2][3][4]
- †Dizzya Sigé, 1991
- †Philisis Sigé, 1985 (type genus)
- †Scotophilisis Horáček, Fejfar & Hulva, 2006
- †Vampyravus Schlosser, 1910
- †Witwatia Gunnell et al., 2008
References
- ↑ Sigé, B. 1985. Les chiroptères oligocènes du Fayum, Egypte. Geologica et Palaeontologica, 19:161- 189.
- ↑ Sigé, B. 1991. Rhinolophoidea et Vespertilionoidea (Chiroptera) du Chambi (Eocène inférieur de Tunisie)–Aspects biostratigraphique, biogéographique et paléoécologique de l'origine des chiroptères modernes. Neue Jahrbücher für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 182:355–376.
- ↑ Gunnell, Gregg F.; Simons, Elwyn L.; Seiffert, Erik R. (2008). "New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[1:NBMCFT2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ Anthony Ravel; Laurent Marivaux; Rodolphe Tabuce; Mustapha Ben Haj Ali; El Mabrouk Essid; Monique Vianey-Liaud (2012). "A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia". Palaeontology 55 (5): 1035–1041. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01160.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q2884420 entry
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