Primonatalus prattae[1][2] is a fossil bat species from the family of the Natalidae which lived in the early Miocene in Florida. This animal, the only species of the genus Primonatalus, is known from 32 fossils (upper and lower jaws, isolated teeth and various other bones).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Natalidae |
| Genus: | †Primonatalus Morgan and Czaplewski, 2003 |
| Species: | †P. prattae
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| †Primonatalus prattae Morgan and Czaplewski, 2003
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References
edit- ^ Wilson, Don E; Reeder, DeeAnn M (2005). Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Morgan, Gary S.; Czaplewski, Nicholas J. (May 2003). "A New Bat (Chiroptera: Natalidae) from the Early Miocene of Florida, with Comments on Natalid Phylogeny". Journal of Mammalogy. 84 (2): 729–752. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0729:ANBCNF>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542.
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