Witwatia

Witwatia; Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Suborder:	Microchiroptera
Family:	Phillisidae
Genus:	Witwatia
Species
	W. schlosseri Gunnell et al., 2008 (type); W. eremicus Gunnell et al., 2008;

Witwatia (from the Egyptian Arabic Wit Wat meaning "large, flapping wings") is an extinct genus of giant bat that lived in the Al Fayyum in Egypt, during the late Eocene some 35 million years ago. It is known from a lower jaw and teeth. Two species have been named: the type species W. schlosseri, and W. eremicus.^[1]

References

^ Gunnell, Gregg F. (2008). "New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (1): 1–11. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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[GFGetal08-1] Gunnell, Gregg F. (2008). "New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (1): 1–11. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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