Archaeomanta
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
Archaeomanta Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Mobulidae |
Genus: | †Archaeomanta Cappetta, 1987 |
Species | |
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Archaeomanta priemi |
Archaeomanta is an extinct genus of ray that lived from the Cretaceous[1] to the middle Neogene. 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.[2]
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