Manta hynei

Manta hynei
Temporal range:
Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Myliobatiformes
Family:Myliobatidae
Genus:Manta
Species: M. hynei
Binomial name
Manta hynei
(Bourdon, 1999)

Manta hynei is an extinct species of Manta 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]

References

  1. ↑ 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].
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Healy, C. (2018). Manta hynei Bourdon, 1999. [online] Smithsonian Institution. Available at: https://www.si.edu/object/nmnhpaleobiology_10103037 [Accessed 18 Mar. 2018].
  4. ↑ 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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