Matanas
{{short description|Extinct genus of birds}}
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| name = Matanas enrighti
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| fossil_range = Early Miocene {{fossilrange|19|16}}
| genus = Matanas
| parent_authority = Worthy et al., 2007
| species = enrighti
| authority = Worthy et al., 2007
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Matanas enrighti is an 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.
Name
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.{{cite journal |vauthors=Worthy TH, Tennyson AJ, Jones C, McNamara JA, Douglas BJ |year=2007 |title= Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=1–39 |url=http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/43360/1/hdl_43360.pdf|doi= 10.1017/S1477201906001957|bibcode=2007JSPal...5....1W |hdl=2440/43360 |s2cid=85230857 |hdl-access=free }}
References
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External links
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Matanas}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Matanas enrighti}}
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 2007
Category:Birds described in 2007
Category:Extinct birds of New Zealand
Category:Monotypic prehistoric bird genera
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