Bandringa rayi

Translingual

Etymology

From Bandringa + English Ray (“name”) +‎ -i. Named after Ray Bandringa, the person who discovered the holotype of this animal.

Proper noun

†Bandringa rayi

  1. A taxonomic species within the family †Bandringidae – An extinct elasmobranch, having a very long snout, which makes up half of its body. It appears to have fed via suction feeding, and used its aforementioned long snout, together with needle like spines on its cheek for hunting in murky water; the sole member of the genus †Bandringa.

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