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 the family would eventually be renamed "Toarcibatidae" to conform with ICZN rules..[2]
| Toarcibatis Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
| |
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
.jpg){kind=small} | This article about prehistoric Batoidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |