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Erophylla fossil map

Where fossils of Erophylla have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Erophylla
Image: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived0.129 million years ago to the present (Late Pleistocene to Holocene)
PeriodsQuaternary
FamilyPhyllostomidae
Named byMiller 1906
Fossil records10 occurrences at 5 locations (PBDB)
Found inCayman Islands, Bahamas
Rock formationstxn:66303

About Erophylla

Erophylla is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It contains the following species:

Brown flower bat (Erophylla bombifrons)

Buffy flower bat (Erophylla sezekorni)

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Erophylla (revision 1120567146), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q310743.

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