Toarcibatis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Family: †Toarcibatidae
Genus: †Toarcibatis
Delsate & Candoni, 2001[1]
Type species
†Toarcibatis elongata
Delsate & Candoni, 2001
Other species
  • †Toarcibatis alticarinata
    Delsate & Candoni, 2001
  • †Toarcibatis brevicristata
    Delsate & Candoni, 2001
  • †Toarcibatis multicristata
    Delsate & Candoni, 2001

Toarcibatis is an extinct genus of rays that lived during the Early Jurassic. It contains four valid species which have been found in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Spain.[1] It was originally referred to the family "Archaeobatidae",[1] but was later reassigned to the family Toarcibatidae.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Delsate, D.; Candoni, L. (2001). "Description de nouveaux morphotypes dentaires de Batomorphii toarciens (Jurassique inférieur) du Bassin de Paris: Archaeobatidae nov. fam". Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois. 102: 131–143.
  2. ↑ Greenfield, T.; Delsate, D.; Candoni, L. (2022). "Toarcibatidae fam. nov., a replacement for the unavailable name Archaeobatidae Delsate & Candoni, 2001 (Chondrichthyes, Batomorphii)". Zootaxa. 5195 (5): 499–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.8. S2CID 252926330.


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