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''Necromantis'' ("death-eater") is an extinct genus of bat from the Eocene of France. Its fossils are found in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation, specimens of ''Necromantis'' are notable for their large size and speciation towards a predatory lifestyle.〔Gunnell GF & Simmons NB, ''Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology'', Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-76824-5〕 ==History== The type species, ''N. adhicaster'', was first described by A. Weithofer in 1887 on the basis of fragmentary fossils from the Eocene deposits of the Quercy Phosphorites Formation.〔Weithofer, A. 1887. Zur Kenntniss der fossilen Cheiropteren der franzo¨sischen Phosphorite. Sitzb. K. Akad. der Wissensch. Wein 96: 341–361.〕 Weithofer did not designate a type specimen,〔Gunnell GF & Simmons NB, ''Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology'', Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-76824-5〕 simply describing a lower jaw. This material was later described in more detail by Pierre Revilliod in 1920, offering the holotype the number QW6627. He described additional material, and classified it within three species: ''N. adhicaster'', ''N. gerzei'', ''N. marandati'', ''N. planifrons'' and ''N. grandis''. More recently, E. Maitre has described the fossils in more detail.〔Maitre, 2008〕〔Maitre, E. 2008 Les Chiroptères paléokarstiques d'Europe occidentale〕〔Hand S; Sigé B; Maitre E, 2012, 'Necromantis Weithofer, 1887, large carnivorous Middle and Late Eocene bats from the French Quercy Phosphorites: New data and unresolved relationships', in Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology, Cambridge University Press, pp. 210 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139045599.007〕 ''N. grandis'' and ''N. planifrons'' have been considered indestinguishable from ''N. adhicaster'', but ''N. gerzei'' and ''N. marandati'' may be distinct enough to warrant their own species. Several indeterminate bat fossils in France may belong to ''Necromantis''.〔Hand S; Sigé B; Maitre E, 2012, 'Necromantis Weithofer, 1887, large carnivorous Middle and Late Eocene bats from the French Quercy Phosphorites: New data and unresolved relationships', in Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology, Cambridge University Press, pp. 210 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139045599.007〕〔Gunnell GF & Simmons NB, ''Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology'', Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-76824-5〕 Currently, only jaws and skulls are known, with a single humerus known as a postcranial remain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Necromantis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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