†Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 (eagle ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: J. Herman. 1979. Additions to the Eocene fish fauna of Belgium; 4, Archaeomanta, a new genus from the Belgian and and North African Palaeogene. Tertiary Research 2(2):61-67
Belongs to Archaeomanta according to J. Herman 1979
See also Cappetta 1987
Sister taxon: Archaeomanta priemi
Type specimen: 53 W 71-3
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (7 collections), Togo (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Mississippi, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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