Miniopterus fossilis

Miniopterus fossilis Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Miniopteridae
Genus:	Miniopterus
Species:	M. fossilis
Binomial name
Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe, 1950

Miniopterus fossilis is a fossil bat in the genus Miniopterus. It existed in what is now Slovakia^[1] during the Miocene period. It was first named by Zapfe in 1950.^[2]

References

1. ^ Mein, P. and Ginsburg, L. 2002. "Sur l'age relatif des differents karstiques miocenes de La Grive-Saint-Alban (Isere). Cahiers Scientifiques, Museum d'Histoire naturelle, Lyon 2:7-47.
2. ^ Page 274, Acta palaeontologica Polonica, Volume 32. Polska Akademia Nauk, Komitet Geologicany, Zaklad Paleobiologi (Polska Akademia Nauk) Published by Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1987.