Aegyptonycteridae

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Aegyptonycteridae is an extinct family of bats described in 2016 from the late Eocene of Egypt's Fayum Depression. The family includes Aegyptonycteris knightae, described in the same study.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Simmons, Nancy B.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Gunnell, Gregg F. (2016). “A new family of large omnivorous bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt, with comments on use of the name ‘Eochiroptera’”. American Museum Novitates 3857:1–43.
↑ Paleobiology Database (accessed 8 October 2026). “Aegyptonycteridae”.

[1] Simmons, Nancy B.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Gunnell, Gregg F. (2016). “A new family of large omnivorous bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt, with comments on use of the name ‘Eochiroptera’”. American Museum Novitates 3857:1–43.

[2] Paleobiology Database (accessed 8 October 2026). “Aegyptonycteridae”.

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