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BobsicleG — Eugeneodontids with Mating Tentacles
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Published: 2022-07-19 11:48:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 2817; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 4
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Unlike what many people assume, eugeneodontids were not true sharks, but were closer related to ratfish within Holocephali. A peculiarity about some modern ratfish are their mating tentacles, a cephalic clasper which is used to latch onto females during intercourse. Here, speculative relatives of ornithoprion are reconstructed having sex using an analogous feature.Related content
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