Cristabatis is an extinct genus of rays that lived during the Early Jurassic. It contains two valid species, C. exundans and C. crescentiformis, which have been found in Belgium and France.[1] It was originally referred to the family "Archaeobatidae",[1] but was later reassigned to the family Toarcibatidae.[2]
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Genus: | †Cristabatis Delsate & Candoni, 2001[1]
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†Cristabatis exundans Delsate & Candoni, 2001
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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. PMID 37044410.