Belemnobatis

Belemnobatis is an extinct genus of rays from the Late Jurassic. It has been regarded as related to other Jurassic rays in the family Spathobatidae.^[1][2] It is possible this genus is a wastebasket taxon. It is known from many sites of both Jurassic and Cretaceous age throughout Europe and a single Asian occurrence in the middle Jurassic of Thailand.^[3][4]

Belemnobatis Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Several specimens including the holotype (D)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	†Apolithabatiformes
Family:	†Spathobatidae
Genus:	†Belemnobatis Thiollière, 1852
Type species
†Belemnobatis sismondae Thiollière, 1852
Other species
†B. aominensis †B. kermacki †B. moorbergensis †B. noviodunumensis †B. stahli †B. variablis †B. werneri