Belemnobatis

Belemnobatis; Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Several specimens including the holotype (D)
Scientific 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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

References

^ 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.
^ MAZIN, J. M., & SUTEETHORN, V. BELEMNOB4TIS FROM THAILAND AND CHERVES-DE-COGNAC (FRANCE): RADIATION OF PRIMITIVE BATOIDS DURING THE MESOZOIC.
^ 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.
^ "Fossilworks: Belemnobatis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-10-10.

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