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Project 2737: S. J. Hand, R. M. Beck, M. Archer, N. B. Simmons, G. F. Gunnell, R. P. Scofield, A. J. Tennyson, V. L. De Pietri, S. W. Salisbury, T. H. Worthy. 2018. A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand. Scientific Reports. 8 (1):null.
Specimen: † Mystacina robusta (unvouchered)
View: Reconstruction

Abstract

A new genus and species of fossil bat is described from New Zealand?s only pre-Pleistocene Cenozoic terrestrial fauna, the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of Central Otago, South Island. Bayesian total evidence phylogenetic analysis places this new Southern Hemisphere taxon among the burrowing bats (mystacinids) of New Zealand and Australia, although its lower dentition also resembles Africa?s endemic sucker-footed bats (myzopodids). As the first new bat genus to be added to New Zealand?s fauna in more than 150 years, it provides new insight into the original diversity of chiropterans in Australasia. It also underscores the significant decline in morphological diversity that has taken place in the highly distinctive, semi-terrestrial bat family Mystacinidae since the Miocene. This bat was relatively large, with an estimated body mass of ~40 g, and its dentition suggests it had an omnivorous diet. Its striking dental autapomorphies, including development of a large hypocone, signal a shift of diet compared with other mystacinids, and may provide evidence of an adaptive radiation in feeding strategy in this group of noctilionoid bats.


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Article DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18403-w

Project DOI: 10.7934/P2737, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P2737
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    Authors' Institutions

    • Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

    • Duke University

    • Flinders University

    • University of Queensland

    • American Museum of Natural History

    • University of New South Wales

    • Canterbury Museum

    • University of Salford

    • Duke Lemur Center



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    Nancy Simmons
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    Gregg Gunnell
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    Suzanne Hand
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    (869, 321, 272)    		095200
    Seth Kaufman
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    Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M24808' (46 Taxa)

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    [3] Pteronotus davyi
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    [4] † Speonycteris aurantiadens
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    [6] Macrotus waterhousii
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    [7] Micronycteris hirsuta
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    [8] Desmodus rotundus
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    [9] Diaemus youngi
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    [10] Diphylla ecaudata
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    [13] Phyllostomus hastatus hastatus
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    [14] Phylloderma stenops stenops
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    [15] † Notonycteris magdalenensis
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    [16] † Notonycteris sucharadeus
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    [17] Tonatia saurophila saurophila
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    [18] Trachops cirrhosus cirrhosus
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    [19] Lonchophylla thomasi
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    [20] Phyllonycteris aphylla
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    [21] Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		121001802103004
    [22] Carollia perspicillata
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		122501652343434
    [23] Artibeus jamaicensis
    Last Modified in 11/15/14    		120801822092904
    [24] Noctilio albiventris
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		122401662453264
    [25] Noctilio leporinus
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		122601652653594
    [26] Furipterus horrens
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		824601372533504
    [27] Amorphochilus schnablii
    Last Modified in 01/11/18    		824412382473564
    [28] Thyroptera discifera
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		125801332763614
    [29] Thyroptera tricolor
    Last Modified in 11/15/14    		125601342693714
    [30] † Vulcanops worthyae
    Last Modified in 11/16/14    		651292861313704
    [31] † Icarops aenae
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		199111632988914
    [32] † Icarops breviceps
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		15372132547484
    [33] † Icarops paradox
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		1160294381601884
    [34] † Mystacina robusta
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		024111502513554
    [35] Mystacina tuberculata
    Last Modified in 11/15/14    		0238342522133064
    [36] † Mystacina miocenalis
    Last Modified in 04/03/15    		2511823363704
    [37] Myzopoda aurita
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		124801442593604
    [38] Myzopoda schliemanni
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		124801432833524
    [39] † Phasmatonycteris phiomensis
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		2888717923004
    [40] † Phasmatonycteris butleri
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		0484822915004
    [41] Saccopteryx bilineata
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		2521111552483424
    [42] Natalus stramineus
    Last Modified in 12/05/13    		924901332563714
    [43] Chalinolobus gouldii
    Last Modified in 12/29/14    		8249204133904
    [44] Chaerephon jobensis
    Last Modified in 11/20/14    		2247014332604
    [45] Hipposideros commersoni
    Last Modified in 11/15/14    		2221121582283264
    [46] Pteropus scapulatus
    Last Modified in 11/20/14    		151172116111304


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