Matanas
| Matanas enrighti Temporal range: Early Miocene 19–16Ma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Anatinae |
| Genus: | Matanas Worthy et al., 2007 |
| Species: | M. enrighti |
| Binomial name | |
| Matanas enrighti Worthy et al., 2007 | |
Matanas enrighti is a genus and species of extinct duck from the Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material (a left humerus) collected from a Saint Bathans Fauna site near Mata Creek, in the lower Bannockburn Formation of the Manuherikia Group, in the Manuherikia River valley in the Central Otago region of the South Island. The genus name is a combination of the name of Mata Creek with anas (“duck”). The specific epithet honours Jack Enright, owner of the station on which the type material was collected.[1]
References
- ↑ Worthy TH, Tennyson AJD, Jones C, McNamara JA, Douglas BJ (2007). "Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 (1): 1–39. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001957.