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Archaeomanta melenhorsti ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)154062https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=154062
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : Archaeomanta : Archaeomanta melenhorsti
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
-Batoidea
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMobulinae
genusArchaeomantaHerman 1979
speciesArchaeomanta melenhorstiHerman 1979
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaeomanta melenhorstispeciesbelongs to Archaeomantastated with evidenceHerman, 1979
Archaeomanta melenhorstispeciesbelongs to Archaeomantastated without evidenceCappetta, 1987
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Myliobatiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Myliobatiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)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

Synonymy List

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

References

Herman J. (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
Cappetta H. (1987) , Handbook of Paleoichthyology: Chondrichthyes II Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii, 1-193
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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