Cristabatis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of rays}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|182.7|174.1|Toarcian}}

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| taxon = Cristabatis

| authority = Delsate & Candoni, 2001{{cite journal |last1=Delsate |first1=D. |last2=Candoni |first2=L. |date=2001 |title=Description de nouveaux morphotypes dentaires de Batomorphii toarciens (Jurassique inférieur) du Bassin de Paris: Archaeobatidae nov. fam. |journal=Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois |volume=102 |pages=131–143 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268327837 }}

| type_species = †Cristabatis exundans

| type_species_authority = Delsate & Candoni, 2001

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

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  • Cristabatis crescentiformis
    Delsate & Candoni, 2001

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Cristabatis is an extinct genus of rays that lived during the Early Jurassic. It contains two valid species, {{proper name|C. exundans}} and {{proper name|C. crescentiformis}}, which have been found in Belgium and France. It was originally referred to the family "Archaeobatidae", but was later reassigned to the family Toarcibatidae.{{cite journal |last1=Greenfield |first1=T. |last2=Delsate |first2=D. |last3=Candoni |first3=L. |date=2022 |title=Toarcibatidae fam. nov., a replacement for the unavailable name Archaeobatidae Delsate & Candoni, 2001 (Chondrichthyes, Batomorphii) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5195 |issue=5 |pages=499–500 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.8|pmid=37044410 }}

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