Manta hynei
Manta hynei is an extinct species of manta ray that was extant in the Pliocene. Its fossils have been found in North America, specifically North Carolina and Virginia.[1][2] It was first described by Jim Bourdon in 1999, as a specimen dated to the Zanclean (early Pliocene). The species is known from its distinctive fossilized teeth.[3][4] Some authors have suggested, on the basis of tooth morphology, that this species should be classified in the genus Mobula instead.[2]
| Manta hynei Temporal range: Pliocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Mobulidae |
| Genus: | Manta |
| Species: | M. hynei |
| Binomial name | |
| Manta hynei (Bourdon, 1999) | |
References
- Pollerspöck, J. and Straube, N. (2018). Manta hynei | Literature | Shark-References. [online] Shark-references.com. Available at: http://shark-references.com/literature/listBySpecies/Manta-hynei [Accessed 17 Mar. 2018].
- ADNET, S., CAPPETTA, H., GUINOT, G. and NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA, G. (2012). Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166(1), pp.132-159.
- Healy, C. (2018). Manta hynei Bourdon, 1999. [online] Smithsonian Institution. Available at: https://www.si.edu/object/nmnhpaleobiology_10103037 [Accessed 18 Mar. 2018].
- Bourdon, J. (1997). Mobula, Manta, etc. — Neogene Mobulids. [online] Elasmo.com. Available at: http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=genera/cenozoic/batoids/mobulid-lc.html&menu=bin/menu_genera-alt.html [Accessed 18 Mar. 2018].
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