Americanycteris

Americanycteris; Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	† Americanycteris
Species:	†A. cyrtodon
Binomial name
	†Americanycteris cyrtodon; Morgan et. al., 2023

Last updated August 15, 2025

Americanycteris is an extinct genus of phyllostomid bat that lived during the Early Miocene.

Distribution

A. cyrtodon is known from Panama, being a member of the Arikareean Lirio Norte Local Fauna and the Hemingfordian Centenario Fauna.^[1]

References

↑ Morgan, Gary S.; Czaplewski, Nicholas J.; Rincon, Aldo F.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Wood, Aaron R.; MacFadden, Bruce J. (29 November 2023). "A new early Miocene bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Panama confirms middle Cenozoic chiropteran dispersal between the Americas" . Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 30 (4): 963–993. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09690-4. ISSN 1064-7554 . Retrieved 26 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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[1] Morgan, Gary S.; Czaplewski, Nicholas J.; Rincon, Aldo F.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Wood, Aaron R.; MacFadden, Bruce J. (29 November 2023). "A new early Miocene bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Panama confirms middle Cenozoic chiropteran dispersal between the Americas" . Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 30 (4): 963–993. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09690-4. ISSN 1064-7554 . Retrieved 26 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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