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Humeri of Lasiurus fossilis bats from the Pliocene in Meade County, Kansas. A-E, FHSM VP-16431, proximal left humerus, in A, anterior, B, posterior, C, lateral, D, proximal, and E, medial views. F-J, UMMP27275a, distal left humerus, in F, anterior, G, posterior, H, lateral, I, distal, and J, medial views.
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New Pliocene bat records from the Meade Basin of southwestern Kansas increase our knowledge of chiropterans from the late Neogene of the central Great Plains. Examination of previously collected, unstudied material and new specimens recovered over the past 20 years resulted in 23 fossils of Pliocene bats from nine localities that add to the two Pli...
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... the single available proximal humerus, FHSM VP-16431, the head is oval, with its elliptical long axis canted toward the lesser tuberosity ( Fig. 4A-E). The greater tuberosity extends well proximal to the humeral head. The supraglenoid fossa is deep. Measurements are provided in Table 3. This specimen was compared with a complete humerus, UMMP 3298, from the Glenns Ferry Formation, Fossil Creek Roadcut, Idaho, that was referred to Lasiurus fossilis by Thewissen and Smith (1987). ...
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... number UMMP 27275 consists of three postcranial skeletal elements stored in one vial, herein designated UMMP 27275a, UMMP 27275b, and UMMP 27275c for discussion. Specimen UMMP 27275a is a left humerus missing the proximal extremity (Fig. 4 F-J); UMMP 27275b is the distal half of a right humerus; and UMMP 27275c is a complete right manual phalanx TABLE 2. Measurements (in mm) of upper teeth and maxilla of Lasiurus fossilis (Pliocene) from Meade Basin, Kansas, and comparative specimens of recent species of Lasiurus. Specimen UMMP V60772 consists of most of a right radius shaft ...
