# Belemnobatis

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of rays}}

{{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](/source/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](/source/genus) of [rays](/source/Batomorphi) from the [Late Jurassic](/source/Late_Jurassic). It has been regarded as related to other Jurassic rays in the family [Asterodermidae](/source/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](/source/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](/source/wastebasket_taxon). It is known from many sites of both [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) and [Cretaceous](/source/Cretaceous) age throughout [Europe](/source/Europe) and a single [Asia](/source/Asia)n occurrence in the [middle Jurassic](/source/middle_Jurassic) of [Thailand](/source/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==
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Category:Asterodermidae
Category:Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera

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Category:Fossils of France
Category:Fossils of Germany

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