Toarcibatis

Toarcibatis
Temporal range: Toarcian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Family: †Toarcibatidae
Genus: †Toarcibatis
Delsate & Candoni, 2001
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. It was originally referred to the family "Archaeobatidae", but the family would eventually be renamed "Toarcibatidae" to conform with ICZN rules.

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. PMID 37044410. S2CID 252926330.