Two 52 million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed are the oldest bat fossils ever found, and they reveal a new species of flying mammal. CNN values your feedback 1.

The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 million years ago, are providing insight into the early evolution of these flying mammals ...

The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 million years ago, are providing insight into the early evolution of these flying mammals ...

An extinct species of bat has been discovered hidden among museum collections.. The new species, Icaronycteris gunnelli, was described from specimens held at the American Museum of Natural History and ...

After bats appear in the fossil record, they quickly spread around the world. The most ancient bat teeth and jaw bones found so far are roughly 55 million years old.

These fossils were previously thought to represent two other Icaronycteris species, which would mean that one bat lineage quickly spread around the world early in the group’s history. But upon ...

This specimen, the holotype, is now in the American Museum of Natural History’s research collections. view more . ... While the I. gunnelli skeletons are the oldest bat fossils from this site, ...

Tune into programs about pioneering archaeologists, festive bat celebrations and more with the National Museum of Natural History Jack Tamisiea Celebrate National Fossil Day among the hundreds of ...

More than 500 bat fossils have been discovered at the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site over 42 years. A new study, published today in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments ...