Miniopterus fossilis

{{Short description|Extinct species of bat}}

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| fossil_range = Miocene

| extinct = yes

| genus = Miniopterus

| species = fossilis

| authority = Zapfe, 1950

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Miniopterus fossilis is a fossil bat in the genus Miniopterus. It existed in what is now SlovakiaMein, P. and Ginsburg, L. 2002. "Sur l'age relatif des differents karstiques miocenes de La Grive-Saint-Alban (Isere). Cahiers Scientifiques, Museum d'Histoire naturelle, Lyon 2:7-47. during the Miocene period. It was first named by Zapfe in 1950.Page 274, Acta palaeontologica Polonica, Volume 32. Polska Akademia Nauk, Komitet Geologicany, Zaklad Paleobiologi (Polska Akademia Nauk) Published by Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1987.