Xylonycteris

Xylonycteris; Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	† Archaeonycteridae
Genus:	† Xylonycteris
Species:	†X. stenodon
Binomial name
	†Xylonycteris stenodon; Hand & Sigé, 2018

Last updated August 15, 2025

Xylonycteris is an extinct genus of archaeonycterid bat that lived during the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

X. stenodon fossils are known from the Paris Basin and date back to the Early Eocene.^[1]

References

↑ Hand, Suzanne J.; Sigé, Bernard (17 February 2018). "A new archaic bat (Chiroptera: Archaeonycteridae) from an Early Eocene forest in the Paris Basin" . Historical Biology . 30 (1–2): 227–236. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1297435. hdl: 1959.4/unsworks_46913 . ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 19 February 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Hand, Suzanne J.; Sigé, Bernard (17 February 2018). "A new archaic bat (Chiroptera: Archaeonycteridae) from an Early Eocene forest in the Paris Basin" . Historical Biology . 30 (1–2): 227–236. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1297435. hdl: 1959.4/unsworks_46913 . ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 19 February 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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