Archaeomanta

Archaeomanta
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: †Archaeomanta
Cappetta, 1987
Species

Archaeomanta melenhorsti Archaeomanta priemi

Archaeomanta is an extinct genus of ray that lived from the Early Paleocene to the Late Eocene. It is one of the oldest known manta ray relatives. It is known from North Africa, the Middle East, the U.K., the U.S., and Uzbekistan.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Archaeomanta". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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