Matthesia

Matthesia was a primitive bat genus in the family Palaeochiropterygidae. Matthesia is represented by two species known from the middle Lutetian of Geiseltal, Germany.[1] It may be a junior synonym of Palaeochiropteryx[2].

Matthesia
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Chiroptera
Family:
†Palaeochiropterygidae
Genus:
†Matthesia

Sigé and Russell 1980
Species
  • †Matthesia germanica
  • †Matthesia insolita

References
  1. Sigé, Bernard; Russell, Donald E. (1980). "Compléments sur les chiroptères de l'Eocène moyen d'Europe. Les genres Palaeochiropteryx et Cecilionycteris". Palaeovertebrata. 9: 91–126.
  2. Smith, Thierry; Habersetzer, Jörg; Simmons, Nancy B.; Gunnell, Gregg F. (March 2012). "Systematics and paleobiogeography of early bats". In Gunnell, Gregg F; Simmons, Nancy B (eds.). Evolutionary History of Bats. Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology. pp. 23–66. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139045599.003. ISBN 9781139045599.


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