Family Molossidae Gervais 1856 (free-tailed bat)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40693
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to N. J. Czaplewski 2010
Sister taxa: Aegyptonycteridae, Animalivora, Archaeopteropus, Craseonycteridae, Eochiroptera, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Furipteridae, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Megadermatidae, Microchiroptera, Microchiropteramorpha, Mixopteryx, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Noctilionoidea, Nycterididae, Onychonycteridae, Phyllostomidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vesperugo
Subtaxa: Cuvierimops, Eumops, Molossinae, Mormopterus, Nyctinomus, Potamops, Rhizomops, Tadaridinae, Wallia
Ecology: scansorial insectivore