Belemnobatis

Belemnobatis
Temporal range:
Several specimens including the holotype (D)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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. 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.