The oldest African molossid bat cranium (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales; RENATO GREGORIN; DUANE A. SCHLITTER; ALAN WALKER

doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0380:TOAMBC]2.0.CO;2

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Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales,¹ RENATO GREGORIN,² DUANE A. SCHLITTER,³ ALAN WALKER⁴

¹Laboratorio de Paleozoología, INAH, Moneda # 16, Col. Centro, 06060 México, D.F., Mexico, and Biodiversity Programs Office, MRC: 180, National Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, arromatu@prodigy.net.mx
²Mamíferos, Museu de Zoología da Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42694; CEP 04299-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, rgregorin@hotmail.com
³Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2258, dschlitter@tamu.edu
⁴Department of Anthropology and Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16803, axw8@psu.edu

Abstract

A fossil cranium from Rusinga Island, Kenya, is described as a new species of free-tailed bat, Tadarida rusingae (Chiroptera, Molossidae). The sediments where the skull was found are dated by Potassium–Argon assay at about 17.5–18.0 million years before present (early Miocene). Comparisons with fossil molossids and all the extant species of Tadarida show that T. rusingae is distinguished by its large size, well developed posterior sagittal crest, deeply domed palate, and several features of the upper molars. This skull represents one of the most complete fossil molossid bats known.

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Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, RENATO GREGORIN, DUANE A. SCHLITTER, and ALAN WALKER "The oldest African molossid bat cranium (Chiroptera: Molossidae)," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2), 380-387, (1 July 2002). https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0380:TOAMBC]2.0.CO;2

Received: 1 September 1999; Accepted: 20 September 2001; Published: 1 July 2002

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