Chiroptera, BLUMENBACH, 1779

Rosina, Valentina V. & Rummel, Michael, 2019, The Early Miocene Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) From The Karstic Sites Of Erkertshofen And Petersbuch 2 (Southern Germany), Fossil Imprint 75 (3 - 4), pp. 412-437 : 432

Chiroptera indet.

Text-fig. 9b

M a t e r i a l. Erkertshofen 2: BSP 1974 XIV 1205, left

C sup.; BSP 1974 XIV 1206, right C sup.

D e s c r i p t i o n a n d c o m p a r i s o n. As in many microchiropteran bats, the crowns of the upper canines from Erkertshofen 2 have a well-developed cingulum. The crowns are crescent shaped in a forward direction, as in rhinolophids or molossids. However, the crowns are rounded in crosssection with a well-developed cingulum, which is thinner on the anterior side ( Text-fig. 9b ) and thus, relate them to the vespertilionid bats.

Figures

Text-fig. 9. a – Vespertilionidae indet., PCMRCh24, right C inf., Petersbuch 2, occlusal view; b – Chiroptera indet., BSP 1974 XIV 1206, left C sup., Erkertshofen 2, (b1) occlusal view, (b2) lingual view.