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Mobula melanyae
Taxonomy
Manta melanyae was named by Case (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harbourtown Marina, which is in a Miocene marine marl in the Trent Formation of North Carolina.
It was recombined as Mobula melanyae by Adnet et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Mobula melanyae by Adnet et al. (2012).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Manta melanyae Case |
| 2012 | Mobula melanyae Adnet et al. p. 139 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Mobula melanyae Case 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | Manta melanyae (type locality: 71660) |