Toarcibatis Temporal range:
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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
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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]