Witwatia

Taxobox
name = "Witwatia"
fossil_range=Late Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
subordo = Microchiroptera
familia = Phillisidae
genus = "Witwatia"
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"W. schlosseri" Gunnell "et al.", 2008 (type)
*"W. eremicus" Gunnell "et al.", 2008

"Witwatia" (from the Egyptian Arabic "Wit Wat" meaning "large, flapping wings") is an extinct genus of giant bat that lived in the Al Fayyum in Egypt, during the late Eocene some 35 million years ago. It is known from a lower jaw and teeth. Two species have been named: the type species "W. schlosseri", and "W. eremicus".cite journal |last=Gunnell |first=Gregg F. |coauthors=Simons, Elwyn L.; and Seiffert, Erik R. |year=2008 |title=New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28 [1:NBMCFT] 2.0.CO;2 |doilabel=10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[1:NBMCFT]2.0.CO;2]

References

External links

*http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/witwatia
*http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/538310/