| Bandringa Temporal range: Pennsylvanian,
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| Bandringa rayi holotype juvenile from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois | |
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| Family: | †Bandringidae Zangerl, 1969
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| Genus: | †Bandringa Zangerl, 1969
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| †Bandringa rayi Zangerl, 1969
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Bandringa is an extinct genus of elasmobranch known from the Pennsylvanian subperiod of the Carboniferous period. There is currently a single known species, B. rayi, which constitutes the sole member of the monotypic family Bandringidae. The genus was described in 1969 by paleontologist Rainer Zangerl, and is known from exceptionally preserved individuals found in the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte of Illinois.[1]
- ^ R. Zangerl. (1969). Bandringa rayi: A New Ctenacanthoid Shark form the Pennsylvanian Essex Fauna of Illinois. Fieldiana Geology 12:157-169