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Archaeomanta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Family
  
Myliobatidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Myliobatiformes

Genus
  
Archaeomanta Cappetta, 1987

Similar
  
Campodus, Rhombodus, Belantsea, Anomotodon, Aetomylaeus

Archaeomanta is an extinct genus of eagle ray that lived from the Cretaceous 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.

References

Archaeomanta Wikipedia