†Archaeomanta priemi 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 S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023
See also Cappetta 1987 and Herman 1979
Sister taxon: Archaeomanta melenhorsti
Type specimen: unnumbered specimen. Its type locality is Sidi Daoui, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial phosphorite in Morocco.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Morocco (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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