Tadarida constantinei

Constantine's free-tailed bat
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Tadarida
Species:
†T. constantinei
Binomial name
†Tadarida constantinei

Tadarida constantinei, Constantine's free-tailed bat, is a prehistoric bat species whose remains have been found in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.[2]

Description

Constantine's free-tailed bat is characterized by its relatively great size and long, rather evenly rectangular skull. Total average length measurements from the occipital condyle to the anterior of the alveolus based on 19 specimens is from 16.5 to 17.4 mm.[3]

Bones of this species found in Slaughter Canyon Cave have been dated to a minimum of 209 ± 9 ka.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tadarida constantinei". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ Lundberg, J. and McFarlane, D.A.. 2006. A minimum age for canyon incision and for the extinct Molossid bat, Tadarida constantinei, from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 68(3): 155-177
  3. ^ Lawrence, B. (August 1960). "Fossil Tadarida from New Mexico". Journal of Mammalogy. 41 (3): 320–322. doi:10.2307/1377489.
  4. ^ "Molossidae".


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