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Lonchophylla fossil map

Where fossils of Lonchophylla 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 →

Lonchophylla
Image: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived0.129 million years ago to the present (Late Pleistocene to Holocene)
PeriodsQuaternary
FamilyPhyllostomidae
Named byThomas 1903
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inBrazil
Rock formationstxn:66303

About Lonchophylla

Lonchophylla is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lonchophylla (revision 1257625502), 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: Q1571405.

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