# Primonatalus

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{{Short description|Extinct species of bat}}
{{Speciesbox
|fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Miocene}}
|genus = Primonatalus
|parent_authority = Morgan and Czaplewski, 2003
|species = prattae
|authority = Morgan and Czaplewski, 2003
}}

'''''Primonatalus prattae'''''<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference |last1=Wilson |first1=Don E |last2=Reeder |first2=DeeAnn M |date=2005 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |language=English |oclc = 62265494}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Morgan |first1=Gary S. |last2=Czaplewski |first2=Nicholas J. |title=A New Bat (Chiroptera: Natalidae) from the Early Miocene of Florida, with Comments on Natalid Phylogeny |volume=84 |date=May 2003 |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |issue=2 |pages=729–752 |doi=10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0729:ANBCNF>2.0.CO;2 |issn=1545-1542 |doi-access=free }}</ref> is a [fossil](/source/fossil) [bat](/source/bat) species from the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of the [Natalidae](/source/Natalidae) which lived in the early [Miocene](/source/Miocene) in [Florida](/source/Florida). This animal, the only species of the [genus](/source/genus) ''Primonatalus'', is known from 32 fossils (upper and lower jaws, isolated teeth and various other bones).

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Category:Fossil taxa described in 2003
Category:Miocene
Category:Natalidae
Category:Prehistoric bat genera
Category:Monotypic prehistoric placental genera

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