Toarcibatidae is a family of extinct rays that lived in the Early Jurassic in what would become Europe and North America. The family includes two genera, Cristabatis and Toarcibatis, and was originally named "Archaeobatidae",[2] but that name did not conform to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and was replaced.[1] Doliobatis was originally included in this family as well,[2] but it has since been reassigned to the Rhinobatidae.[1][3]

Toarcibatidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Family: Toarcibatidae
Greenfield, Delsate, & Candoni, 2022[1]
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References edit

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.