Bandringa herdinae Zangerl 1979 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Bandringidae

Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1979. New Chondrichthyes from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Mazon Creek Fossils 449-500

Belongs to Bandringa according to R. Zangerl 1979

Sister taxon: Bandringa rayi

Type specimen: FMNH PF8442. Its type locality is Pit 1 or 6, Peabody Coal Company, Mazon Creek, which is in a Westphalian D deltaic shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pit 1 or 6, Peabody Coal Company, Mazon Creek

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