Necromantis

This article is about the fossil bat Necromantis. For the similarly named fossil pangolin, see Necromanis.

Necromantis
Temporal range: 44–36 Ma Middle to Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: †Necromantidae
Genus: †Necromantis
Type species
†Necromantis adichaster
Weithofer, 1887
Species
  • † Necromantis adichaster
  • † Necromantis marandati
  • † Necromantis gezei
  • † Necromantis fragmentatum[1]
Synonyms
  • † Necromantis planifrons Revilliod 1920
  • † Necromantis grandis Revilliod 1920

Necromantis is an extinct genus of bat that lived during the Eocene.[2] Its fossils are found in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France and the Djebel Chambi in Tunisia. Specimens of Necromantis are notable for their large size and specialization towards a predatory lifestyle.[3]

  1. ^ Anthony Ravel; Mohammed Adaci; Mustapha Bensalah; Anne-Lise Charruault; El Mabrouk Essid; Hayet Khayati Ammar; Wissem Marzougui; Mohammed Mahboubi; Fateh Mebrouk; Gilles Merzeraud; Monique Vianey-Liaud; Rodolphe Tabuce; Laurent Marivaux (2016). "Origine et radiation initiale des chauves-souris modernes : nouvelles découvertes dans l'Éocène d'Afrique du Nord". Geodiversitas. 38 (3): 355–434. doi:10.5252/g2016n3a3.
  2. ^ Anthony Ravel; Mohammed Adaci; Mustapha Bensalah; Anne-Lise Charruault; El Mabrouk Essid; Hayet Khayati Ammar; Wissem Marzougui; Mohammed Mahboubi; Fateh Mebrouk; Gilles Merzeraud; Monique Vianey-Liaud; Rodolphe Tabuce; Laurent Marivaux (2016). "Origine et radiation initiale des chauves-souris modernes : nouvelles découvertes dans l'Éocène d'Afrique du Nord". Geodiversitas. 38 (3): 355–434. doi:10.5252/g2016n3a3.
  3. ^ Gunnell GF & Simmons NB, Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology, Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-76824-5