52-million-year-old fossils support idea that bats diversified rapidly on multiple continents during the Eocene. Scientists have discovered a new bat species, Icaronycteris gunnelli, based on the oldest bat skeletons ever found in Wyoming's Green River Formation. The study supports the idea that
A newly described image of a bat skeleton Icaronycteris Gunnelli. Found in the Green River Formation in Wyoming, this skeleton is the oldest skeleton ever
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