Cyclobatis
| Cyclobatis Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Cyclobatis Egerton, 1844
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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]
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- Cyclobatidae
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera
- Cretaceous cartilaginous fish
- Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
- Fossil taxa described in 1844
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