page_title: Archaeonycteris
hierarchical_section_title: Archaeonycteris
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Fossil of Archaeonycteris, an extinct mammal- Took the photo at Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt
context_page_description: Archaeonycteris is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India.
  The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil species Archaeonycteris trigonodon.
  Archaeonycteris trigonodon Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit, Germany
  Archaeonycteris pollex Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit, Germany
  Archaeonycteris brailloni Russell et al., 1973 - Avenay quarry, France
  Archaeonycteris relicta Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England
  Archaeonycteris storchi Smith et al., 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines, India
  A species discovered at the Silveirinha site in Portugal, Archaeonycteris praecursor, was described in 2009 and estimated to be the oldest of the known taxa. The fossil material uncovered in Dorset, England, and described as Archaeonycteris relicta is dated to a later period in the Eocene, this is the most recent known species. The only species to found beyond Europe is the Early Eocene fossil species Archaeonycteris storchi, which occurs in India.
context_section_description: Archaeonycteris is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India.
  The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil  species Archaeonycteris trigonodon.
  Archaeonycteris trigonodon Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany
  Archaeonycteris pollex Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany
  Archaeonycteris brailloni Russell et al., 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian), France
  Archaeonycteris relicta Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England
  Archaeonycteris storchi Smith et al., 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), India
  A species discovered at the Silveirinha site in Portugal, Archaeonycteris praecursor, was described in 2009 and estimated to be the oldest of the known taxa. The fossil material uncovered in Dorset, England, and described as Archaeonycteris relicta is dated to a later period in the Eocene, this is the most recent known species. The only species to found beyond Europe is the Early Eocene fossil species Archaeonycteris storchi, which occurs in India.
caption: Archaeonycteris trigonodon
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