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Belemnobatis

Belemnobatis is an extinct genus of rays from the Late Jurassic. It has been regarded as related to other Jurassic rays in the family Asterodermidae. It is possible this genus is a wastebasket taxon. It is known from many sites of both Jurassic and Cretaceous age throughout Europe and a single Asian occurrence in the middle Jurassic of Thailand.

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Belemnobatis
Temporal range:
Several specimens including the holotype (D)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: †Apolithabatiformes
Family: †Asterodermidae
Genus: †Belemnobatis
Thiollière, 1852
Type species
†Belemnobatis sismondae
Thiollière, 1852
Other species
  • †B. aominensis
  • †B. kermacki
  • †B. moorbergensis
  • †B. noviodunumensis
  • †B. stahli
  • †B. variablis
  • †B. werneri

Belemnobatis is an extinct genus of rays from the Late Jurassic. It has been regarded as related to other Jurassic rays in the family Asterodermidae.12 It is possible this genus is a wastebasket taxon. It is known from many sites of both Jurassic and Cretaceous age throughout Europe and a single Asian occurrence in the middle Jurassic of Thailand.34

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References

  1. Türtscher, Julia; Jambura, Patrick L.; Spindler, Frederik; Kriwet, Jürgen (2025-01-23). "Insights into stem Batomorphii: A new holomorphic ray (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the upper Jurassic of Germany". PLOS One. 20 (1) e0310174. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310174. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11756912. PMID 39847754.
  2. MAZIN, J. M., & SUTEETHORN, V. BELEMNOB4TIS FROM THAILAND AND CHERVES-DE-COGNAC (FRANCE): RADIATION OF PRIMITIVE BATOIDS DURING THE MESOZOIC.
  3. Cuny, Gilles; Srisuk, Paladej; Khamha, Suchada; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Tong, Haiyan (2009). "A new elasmobranch fauna from the Middle Jurassic of southern Thailand". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 315 (1): 97–113. doi:10.1144/sp315.8. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 129910192.
  4. "Fossilworks: Belemnobatis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-10-10.