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Bandringa
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Translingual
vertical Bandringa rayi fossil shark, Mazon Creek Lagerstatte.jpg †Bandringa rayi species restoration Bandringa rayi.jpg †Bandringa rayi species fossil
Etymology
Borrowed from mul en Bandringa surname. Named after Ray Bandringa, the person who discovered the holotype of this animal.
Proper noun
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genus family †Bandringidae family containing only one accepted species, †Bandringa rayi species, 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.
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mul Fish
mul taxonomic eponyms
English
Proper noun
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Descendants
mul Bandringa genus 1