| Bathytheristes Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Callorhinchidae |
| Genus: | † Bathytheristes Duffin, 1995 |
Bathytheristes is an extinct genus of chimaera from the late Early Jurassic epoch of the Jurassic Period. Its name roughly translates to "Reaper of the deep." It is known from a single species, B. gracilis. It was discovered in the early Toarcian-aged Posidonia Shale Formation of Ohmden, Germany. The specific epithet refers to the slender of the tooth plate in this species. It is related to the modern elephantfish. [1] [2]
