Belemnobatis

{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Jurassic|Cretaceous}} | image = Belemnobatis specimens.jpg | image_caption = Several specimens including the holotype (D) | taxon = Belemnobatis | authority = Thiollière, 1852 | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Belemnobatis sismondae''''' | type_species_authority = Thiollière, 1852 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = * {{extinct}}'''''B. aominensis''''' * {{extinct}}'''''B. kermacki''''' * {{extinct}}'''''B. moorbergensis''''' * {{extinct}}'''''B. noviodunumensis''''' * {{extinct}}'''''B. stahli''''' * {{extinct}}'''''B. variablis''''' * {{extinct}}'''''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.<ref name="Apolithabatis">{{Cite journal |last1=Türtscher |first1=Julia |last2=Jambura |first2=Patrick L. |last3=Spindler |first3=Frederik |last4=Kriwet |first4=Jürgen |date=2025-01-23 |title=Insights into stem Batomorphii: A new holomorphic ray (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the upper Jurassic of Germany |journal=PLOS One |language=en |volume=20 |issue=1 |article-number=e0310174 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0310174 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=11756912 |pmid=39847754 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>MAZIN, J. M., & SUTEETHORN, V. BELEMNOB4TIS FROM THAILAND AND CHERVES-DE-COGNAC (FRANCE): RADIATION OF PRIMITIVE BATOIDS DURING THE MESOZOIC.</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cuny|first1=Gilles|last2=Srisuk|first2=Paladej|last3=Khamha|first3=Suchada|last4=Suteethorn|first4=Varavudh|last5=Tong|first5=Haiyan|date=2009|title=A new elasmobranch fauna from the Middle Jurassic of southern Thailand|journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications|volume=315|issue=1|pages=97–113|doi=10.1144/sp315.8|s2cid=129910192|issn=0305-8719}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fossilworks: Belemnobatis|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34679|access-date=2020-10-10|website=fossilworks.org}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Asterodermidae Category:Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera

{{Batoid-stub}} Category:Fossils of France Category:Fossils of Germany