Oldest Australian vespertilionid (Microchiroptera) from the early Miocene of Riversleigh,Queensland |
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| Authors: | Henri Menu Suzanne Hand Bernard Sigé |
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| Affiliation: | 1. 20 rue des Grands Clos, 51220, Cauroy lès Hermonville, France;2. School of Biological Science , University of New South Wales , Sydney, New South Wales, 2052 E-mail: s.hand@unsw.edu.au;3. Centre de Paléontologie stratigraphique et Paléoécologie , Université Claude-Bernard , Lyon 1, 27-43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | An upper molar of a small bat, here described from an early Miocene freshwater lime-stone deposit at Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, is the oldest record in Australia of the microchiropteran family Vespertilionidae. The new taxon is referred to the cosmopolitan genus Leuconoe, but it does not appear to be closely related to the two extant Australian species of this genus. |
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| Keywords: | Vespertilionidae Leuconoe bat early Miocene Riversleigh Australia |
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