| Archaeomanta Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Mobulidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeomanta Cappetta, 1987 |
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Archaeomanta melenhorsti Archaeomanta priemi | |
Archaeomanta is an extinct genus of ray that lived from the Early Paleocene to the Late Eocene. 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.1