A new species of insectivore, Wyonycteris richardi, is described on the basis of mandible fragments and isolated cheek teeth of the Early Eocene from Dormaal (Belgium), at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. Nycticonodon and ?Adapisoriculus from Dormaal, and cf. Adapisoriculus from Fordones (France) are considered synonymous with the genus Wyonycteris from Wyoming (USA). Wyonycteris appears to be neither a typical bat nor a nyctitheriid but probably is related to evolved adapisoriculids.

Peer Review, RBINS Collection(s)

Paleontology