Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames, 1881
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Batoidea
Myliobatiformes
Rhombodontidae
Late Cretaceous
Maastrichtian
North America, Europe, North Africa
Length: ?
This fossil ray is only known from their characteristic robust teeth made for crunching hard shells. It was related to the modern eagle rays (Myliobatis). The hypothetical reconstruction is based on the rounded rays Urolophus, which are the most primitive living members of the Myliobatiformes according to modern phylogenetical analysis. It was most probably a bottom dweller.
October 8, 2014
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