Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837 (bend-winged bat)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40676
Parent taxon: Vespertilionidae according to D. A. Burney et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Ancenycteris, Barbastella, Chadronycteris, Chamtwaria, Corynorhinus, Eptesicus, Hanakia, Ia, Karstala, Khonsunycteris, Lasionycteris, Lasiurus, Miomyotis, Miostrellus, Murina, Myotis, Noctilioninia, Nyctalus, Nycticeius, Nyctophylinae, Oligomyotis, Paleptesicus, Phyllostomina, Pipistrellus, Plionycteris, Potamonycteris, Pteropina, Rhinolophina, Rhogeessa, Scotomanes, Scotophilus, Shanwangia, Simonycteris, Stehlinia, Suaptenos, Tylonycteris, Vespertilio, Vespertilionae, Vespertilionina, Vespertilioninae
Subtaxa: Miniopterus approximatus, Miniopterus fossilis, Miniopterus schreibersi, Miniopterus tao
Ecology: scansorial insectivore