''Protonycteris'' was a primitive

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

genus in the family

Archaeonycteridae Archaeonycteridae (formerly spelled Archaeonycterididae) is a family of extinct bats. It was originally erected by the Swiss naturalist Pierre Revilliod as Archaeonycterididae to hold the genus ''Archaeonycteris''. It was formerly classified u ...

with a sole species, ''Protonycteris gunnelli'', found in

Vastan Lignite Mine Vastan ( fa, واستان, also Romanized as Vāstān) is a village in Tangeh Soleyman Rural District, Kolijan Rostaq District, Sari County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also calle ...

(

Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian Age. The Ypresian i ...

), in India.

References

* Eocene bats Prehistoric bat genera Monotypic prehistoric placental genera {{bat-stub