Matthesia

Matthesia was a primitive bat genus in the family Palaeochiropterygidae. Matthesia is represented by two species known from the middle Lutetian of Geiseltal, Germany.^[1] It may be a junior synonym of Palaeochiropteryx.^[2]

Matthesia Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 48.6–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	†Archaeonycteridae
Genus:	†Matthesia Sigé and Russell 1980
Species
†Matthesia germanica †Matthesia insolita