Antiquaobatis

Antiquaobatis; Temporal range: Pliensbachian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rajiformes
Genus:	†Antiquaobatis; Stumpf & Kriwet, 2019
Species:	†A. grimmenensis
Binomial name
	†Antiquaobatis grimmenensis; Stumpf & Kriwet, 2019

Antiquaobatis is an extinct genus of ray from the Jurassic period of Europe, containing the single species A. grimmenensis. It is the oldest known described member of the Rajiformes, and is based on a single tooth from Pliensbachian of Germany.[1]

References

Sebastian Stumpf; Jürgen Kriwet (2019). "A new Pliensbachian elasmobranch (Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes) assemblage from Europe, and its contribution to the understanding of late Early Jurassic elasmobranch diversity and distributional patterns". PalZ. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00451-4.

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[1] Sebastian Stumpf; Jürgen Kriwet (2019). "A new Pliensbachian elasmobranch (Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes) assemblage from Europe, and its contribution to the understanding of late Early Jurassic elasmobranch diversity and distributional patterns". PalZ. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00451-4.