#Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-rays-diverse-million-years-previously.html

Rostral and body shape analyses reveal cryptic diversity of Late #Jurassic #batomorphs (#Chondrichthyes, #Elasmobranchii) from Europe: Julia Türtscher et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1552

"They examined 52 #fossil rays from the #LateJurassic period. These rays are 150 million years old, from a time when Europe was largely covered by the sea, except for a few islands, comparable to today's Caribbean."