Archaeomanta

Archaeomanta
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: †
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]

References

  1. ^ "North Carolina Fossil Club | Enriching minds with the Paleo-past". www.ncfossilclub.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Archaeomanta". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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