Matthesia
Extinct genus of bats
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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, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | †Archaeonycteridae |
| Genus: | †Matthesia Sigé and Russell 1980 |
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