Family Phyllostomidae Gray 1825 (leaf-nosed bat)
PaleoDB taxon number: 66303
Synonym: Phyllostomatidae Savage 1951 (taxon 40654)
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, Molossidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Noctilionoidea, Nycterididae, Onychonycteridae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vesperugo
Subtaxa: Brachyphylla, Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Glossophaginae, Lonchophylla, Lophostoma, Macrotus, Micronycteris, Notonycteris, Phyllostomatinae, Phyllostominae, Stenodermatinae, Trachops
Type: Phyllostominae
Ecology: scansorial omnivore