Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson 1875 (bat)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40627
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to A. Ravel et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Aegyptonycteridae, Animalivora, Archaeopteropus, Craseonycteridae, Eochiroptera, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Furipteridae, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Megadermatidae, Microchiropteramorpha, Mixopteryx, Molossidae, Myzopodidae, Noctilionoidea, Nycterididae, Onychonycteridae, Phyllostomidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinopomatidae, Samonycteris, Thyropteridae, Vesperugo
Subtaxa: Afropterus, Australonycteris, Emballonuroidea, Icaronycteridae, Icaronycteroidea, Mormoopidae, Natalidae, Philisidae, Phyllostomatoidea, Rhinolophoidea, Tanzanycterididae, Vespertilionoidea
Ecology: scansorial insectivore