Palaeochiropteryx

Taxobox
name = "Palaeochiropteryx"


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fossil_range = Early Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
subordo = Microchiroptera
familia = Archaeonycterididae
genus = "Palaeochiropteryx"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* ?"P. tupaiodon" "Palaeochiropteryx" is an extinct genus of bat. "Palaeochiropteryx" from Eocene Europe had wings formed from enlarged hands, even though their wings were less advanced than the modern bats. Their earbones show that they used a basic form of sound to locate their prey (most likely insects), although this sense was not as advanced as today's. Like most bats of today, "Palaeochiropteryx" was probably nocturnal, or at best, crepuscular. It was found in the Messel pit of Germany.