Argoubia

Argoubia is an extinct genus of devil ray from the Paleogene period. It is named for the town of El Argoub, Morocco. The type species, A. barbei, is from the Priabonian-aged Samlat formation of Morocco. The specific epithet honors Mr. Gérard Barb who helped collect the first specimens of this species. A. arnoldmülleri is a second species from the middle Oligocene Böhlen Formation of the Zwenkau lignite mines of Germany. It is named for Dr. Arnold Müller, curator of Palaeontological and Geological collections at Leipzig University.[1][2]

Argoubia
Temporal range: Eocene– Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Myliobatiformes
Family:
Mobulidae
Subfamily:
Mobulinae
Genus:
Argoubia

Adnet et al., 2012
Species
  • Argoubia barbei
  • Argoubia arnoldmülleri

References
  1. ADNET, SYLVAIN; CAPPETTA, HENRI; GUINOT, GUILLAUME; NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA, GIUSEPPE (September 2012). "Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (1): 132–159. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00844.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
  2. Leder, R. M. (2015). Fossile Reste von Selachiern und Chimaeren aus dem Muschelschluff und Phosphoritknollenhorizont von Zwenkau bei Leipzig Fossil remains of selachiens and chimaera from the Muschelschluff and Phosphoritknollenhorizont.


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