Archaeonycteris
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Archaeonycteris is an archaic bat genus whose fossilised remains have been found in Germany, France, England and India.
The genus was established in 1917, when Pierre Revilliod described the material excavated at the Messel Pit as the fossil species Archaeonycteris trigonodon. Archaeonycteris trigonodon Revilliod, 1917 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany Archaeonycteris pollex Storch & Habersetzer, 1988 - Messel Pit (Lutetian), Germany Archaeonycteris brailloni Russell et al., 1973 - Avenay quarry (Ypresian), France Archaeonycteris relicta Harrison & Hooker, 2010 - Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, England Archaeonycteris storchi Smith et al., 2007 - Vastan Lignite Mines (Ypresian), India
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