The Early Miocene Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) From The Karstic Sites Of Erkertshofen And Petersbuch 2 (Southern Germany)
Author
Rosina, Valentina V.
Author
Rummel, Michael
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2019
2019-12-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/if-2019-0026
journal article
10.2478/if-2019-0026
2533-4069
5383141
Chiroptera
indet.
Text-fig. 9b
M a t e r i a l. Erkertshofen 2: BSP 1974 XIV 1205, left
C sup.; BSP 1974 XIV 1206, right C sup.
D e s c r i p t i o n a n d c o m p a r i s o n. As in many microchiropteran bats, the crowns of the upper canines from Erkertshofen 2 have a well-developed cingulum. The crowns are crescent shaped in a forward direction, as in rhinolophids or molossids. However, the crowns are rounded in crosssection with a well-developed cingulum, which is thinner on the anterior side (
Text-fig. 9b
) and thus, relate them to the vespertilionid bats.