Archaeomanta
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Eocene
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Archaeomanta

Cappetta, 1987
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Archaeomanta melenhorsti Archaeomanta priemi

Archaeomanta is an extinct genus of eagle 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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