Manta hynei Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Mobulidae |
Genus: | Manta |
Species: | †M. hynei
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Binomial name | |
†Manta hynei Bourdon, 1999
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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. [2] [3] 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. [4] [5] Some authors have suggested, on the basis of tooth morphology, that this species should be classified in the genus Mobula instead. [3]
Manta hynei Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Mobulidae |
Genus: | Manta |
Species: | †M. hynei
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Binomial name | |
†Manta hynei Bourdon, 1999
[1]
|
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. [2] [3] 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. [4] [5] Some authors have suggested, on the basis of tooth morphology, that this species should be classified in the genus Mobula instead. [3]