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Archaeomanta priemi

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae

Taxonomy
Archaeomanta priemi was named by Herman (1979). Its type specimen is unnumbered specimen and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sidi Daoui, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial phosphorite in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Archaeomanta priemi Herman p. 64
1987Archaeomanta priemi Cappetta p. 175
2023Archaeomanta priemi Boulemia and Adnet p. 11 fig. 3AD

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyMobulidaeGill 1893
genusArchaeomanta
speciespriemi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Archaeomanta priemi Herman 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Ypresian or 61.66000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco Archaeomanta priemi (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco Archaeomanta priemi (214839 214848)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria Archaeomanta priemi (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco (Oued Zem) Archaeomanta priemi (type locality: 35132)