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Archaeomanta melenhorsti

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Archaeomanta melenhorsti was named by Herman (1979). Its type specimen is 53 W 71-3 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman p. 64 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 1; text-fig 3
1987Archaeomanta melenhorsti Cappetta p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMobulinae(Gill 1893)
genusArchaeomanta
speciesmelenhorsti

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 melenhorsti 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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Archaeomanta melenhorsti (116904 214841 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Archaeomanta melenhorsti (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Archaeomanta melenhorsti (62890)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Archaeomanta melenhorsti (41989 41992 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Archaeomanta melenhorsti (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Archaeomanta melenhorsti (32991)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan Archaeomanta melenhorsti (62573)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Archaeomanta melenhorsti (140018)