Cyclobatis

Cyclobatis is an extinct genus of stingray-like skate from the Upper Cretaceous of what is now Lebanon. The genus is typified by a circular form. The ray measures about 10 cm or 20 cm. In life the environment of this creature was a warm shallow sea. This fish had a very short tail, fitted with a venomous stinger.[1][2]

Cyclobatis
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Fossil of Cyclobatis major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Order:
Rajiformes
Family:
†Cyclobatidae
Genus:
Cyclobatis

Egerton, 1844
Species
  • Cyclobatis longicanudatus
  • Cyclobatis major
  • Cyclobatis oligodactylus
  • Cyclobatis tuberculatus

References
  1. Fine fossils
  2. Fossil mall


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