''Brachipposideros'' is an extinct

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

leaf-nosed bat The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are bats (order Chiroptera) found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. Both the scientific and common names derive from ...

s known from Riversleigh, north-western

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and the

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Region,

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. The

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s date to the late

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to early

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

. The species '' Brachipposideros nooraleebus'' was the first bat fossil to discovered and named in Australia, it is also the first of genus to be discovered outside of France. The fossil was found to resemble the orange leaf-nosed bat ''

Rhinonicteris aurantia The orange leaf-nosed bat (''Rhinonicteris aurantia'') is a bat in the family Rhinonycteridae. It is the only living species in the genus '' Rhinonicteris'' which is endemic to Australia, occurring in the far north and north-west of the continen ...

'', an extant species that occurs in caves of Northern Queensland, than the type species of genus ''Hipposideros''. The dentition is the same as many other bats, and accords with the

dental formula Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth. In particular, it is the characteristic arrangement, kind, and number of teeth in a given species at a given age. That is, the number, type, and morpho-physiology ...

hipposiderid The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family.Simmons, 200 ...

s: I1/2 C1/1 P1-2/2-3 M3/3 The species assigned to this genus include, *'' Brachipposideros aguilari'' *'' Brachipposideros collongensis'' *'' Brachipposideros dechaseauxi'' *'' Brachipposideros nooraleebus''

References

Miocene mammals of Australia Rhinonycteridae Miocene bats Oligocene bats Prehistoric bat genera Riversleigh fauna Fossil taxa described in 1968 {{paleo-bat-stub