Evolution of the Bats

  • Onychonycteris
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    Onychonycteris

    Onychonycteris is one of the two oldest known monospecific genera of bat. It lived in Wyoming area in the Early Eocene period.
  • Nandinia
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    Nandinia

    Inverted stealth hunting seems to be the behavior that ultimately led to bats.
  • Plesiadapiforms
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    Plesiadapiforms

    The plesiadapiforms were a very successful group of early mammals that evolved a range of body sizes as well as dental and postcranial adaptations.