Emballonuridae

Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene.

Emballonuridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
sac-winged batPBDB
Sits inside
EmballonuroideaPBDB
Diet
insectivorePBDB
Life habit
volantPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 48 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 56 occurrencesEocene — about 22 of 56 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 12 of 56 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 10 of 56 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 56 occurrencesPleistocene — about 2 of 56 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 1 occurrence48–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 3 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 4 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 4 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 2 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 3 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 3 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 2 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–23 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–21 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–13 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 7 occurrences48.07 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

56 occurrences of Emballonuridae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

56 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

16 formations

Perrière — 44.37°N, 1.73°EPerrière — 44.38°N, 1.43°EShungura — 5.08°N, 36.03°EBlackheath Beds — 51.43°N, 0.15°EPerriere — 44.35°N, 1.73°EVillavieja — 3.28°N, 75.20°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WChambi — 35.19°N, 8.65°EKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EMessel — 49.93°N, 8.73°EJebel Qatrani — 29.50°N, 30.50°EAshawq — 17.06°N, 54.42°EChambira — 7.32°S, 74.93°WGlib Zegdou — 30.00°N, 4.00°WGnilyane — 42.80°N, 23.06°ECrystal River — 29.75°N, 82.63°WAlachua — 29.70°N, 82.60°W

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The named rock units Emballonuridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 29 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Emballonuridae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Emballonuridae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,080 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 34 sites for Emballonuridae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

33 references

Each of the 56 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 21 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Emballonuridae

Credit
Rhododendrites
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Emballonuridae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itEmballonuroidea through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Dobson 1875