Archaeomanta
Appearance
Archaeomanta Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Archaeomanta". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.