Project 104: N. B. Simmons, K. L. Seymour, J. Habersetzer, G. F. Gunnell. 2008. Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation. Nature. 451 (7180):818-821.

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M10075

Taxonomic name
Icaronycteris index

Specimen
Icaronycteris index (PU:18150)

Specimen notes
Holotype of Icaronycteris index. Now held at Yale Peabody Museum.

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Simmons and Geisler, 1998

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Bibliographic Reference
Simmons, N. B. and Geisler, J. H. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Icaronycteris, Archaeonycteris, Hassianycteris, and Palaeochiropteryx to extant bat lineages, with comments on the evolution of echolocation and foraging strategies in Microchiroptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. 235, pp. 1-182.

Media notes
Holotype of Icaronycteris index -- whole skeleton

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