Icaronycteris index Jepsen, 1966
Systematics: Mammalia Laurasiatheria Scrotifera Chiroptera Icaronycteridae
Size: 40 cm wingspan, 15 cm long
Type Horizon and Locality: Early Eocene, Green River Formation (Wasatchian) Lincoln County, Wyoming, US
Type Specimen: YPM-PU 18150, an articulated skeleton
Type Horizon and Locality: Early Eocene, Green River Formation (Wasatchian) Lincoln County, Wyoming, US
Type Specimen: YPM-PU 18150, an articulated skeleton
Icaronycteris is the earliest known bat capable of echolocation. It is known from well preserved complete specimens from the famous Green River Formation of Wyoming.
July 10, 2021
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