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Lophostoma fossil map

Where fossils of Lophostoma 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 →

Lophostoma
Image: Desmodus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived0.129–0.0117 million years ago (Late Pleistocene)
PeriodsQuaternary
FamilyPhyllostomidae
Named byd'Orbigny 1836
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inVenezuela
Rock formationstxn:66303

About Lophostoma

Lophostoma is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lophostoma (revision 1325562122), 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: Q2894193.

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