Archaeomanta

Archaeomanta is an extinct genus of ray that lived from the Cretaceous^[1] to the middle Neogene. It is one of the oldest known manta ray relatives. It is known from North Africa, the Middle East, the U.K., the U.S., and Uzbekistan.^[2]

Archaeomanta Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Mobulidae
Genus:	†Archaeomanta Cappetta, 1987
Species
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Archaeomanta priemi