Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference
Author
Adnet, Sylvain
Author
Cappetta, Henri
Author
Guinot, Guillaume
Author
Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo Di
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2012
2015-07-06
166
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00844.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00844.x
0024-4082
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†
MOBULA PECTINATA
(
CAPPETTA, 1970
)
Occurrences:
Langian of southern
France
(
Cappetta, 1970
) and Serravalian of
Portugal
(
Jonet, 1976
).? Late Oligocene–Early Miocene of the Old Church Formation in
Virginia
(
USA
).
Remarks:
Cappetta (1970)
first suggested a close relationship with the living
Mo. tarapacana
(formerly
Mobula coilloti
in the text) but it appears that the resemblance to the extant
Mo. thurstoni
is stronger. Compared to the material attributed to †
Mo. loupianensis
, the labial surface is slightly folded. The lingual visor is generally multicuspidate with two cusplike extensions located at each crown extremity, as observed in teeth of male specimens of †
Mo. loupianensis
.
Müller (1999)
figured three teeth (as
Mobula
sp.
) from the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene of the Old Church Formation in
Virginia
(
USA
), that could be cautiously referred to †
Mo. pectinata
.