Aellopobatis

Aellopobatis
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Holotype, part and counterpart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Batomorphi
Order: †Apolithabatiformes
Family: †Asterodermidae
Genus: †Aellopobatis
Türtscher et al., 2024
Species:
†A. bavarica
Binomial name
†Aellopobatis bavarica
Türtscher et al., 2024

Aellopobatis (meaning "storm wind ray") is an extinct genus of asterodermid rays from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian age) Solnhofen Archipelago of Germany. The genus contains a single species, A. bavarica, known from several complete, well-preserved specimens.

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