Bandringa rayi Zangerl 1969 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Bandringidae

Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1969. Bandringa rayi: A New Ctenacanthoid Shark form the Pennsylvanian Essex Fauna of Illinois. Fieldiana Geology 12:157-169

Belongs to Bandringa according to R. Zangerl 1969

Sister taxon: Bandringa herdinae

Type specimen: FMNH PF 5686, a skeleton. Its type locality is Area 3, Pit 11, Peabody Coal Company, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Area 3, Pit 11, Peabody Coal Company

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