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Taxon: Family †Palaeochiropterygidae Revilliod, 1917 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera

Original position

Questionably Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875

Current position

Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779 Ref: Jones et al., 2018: 262; Simmons et al., 2008: fig. 4; Jones et al., 2018: 266

Alternative positions

Icaronycteroidea (Superfamily) Jepsen, 1966 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 301; Gunnell & Simmons, 2005: fig. 1.

Historical positions

Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779 Ref: 1995
Icaronycteroidea (Superfamily) Jepsen, 1966 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †5g;3s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [; †3g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [; †3g]
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