| Belemnobatis | |
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| 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 | |
| Otherspecies | |
Belemnobatis is an extinctgenus ofrays from theLate Jurassic. It has been regarded as related to other Jurassic rays in the familyAsterodermidae.[1][2] It is possible this genus is awastebasket taxon. It is known from many sites of bothJurassic andCretaceous age throughoutEurope and a singleAsian occurrence in themiddle Jurassic ofThailand.[3][4]
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