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Bandringa rayi
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Translingual
thumb|Bandringa rayi fossil
thumb|Bandringa rayi restoration
Etymology
From Bandringa genus + mul en Ray name mul -i. mul Ray Bandringa, the person who discovered the holotype of this animal.
Proper noun
†1 Bandringa rayi la
species family †Bandringidae family 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 genus
References
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mul Fish
mul taxonomic eponyms