page_title: Bahariya Formation
section_title: Cartilaginous fish
hierarchical_section_title: Bahariya Formation / Vertebrates / Cartilaginous fish
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a school of Golden Cownose Rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri) taken by Tom Giebel in the Galapagos Islands on Apr 28, 2006. Français&#160;: Groupe de raies w:fr:Rhinoptera steindachneri ou Golden Cownose Rays pour les anglophones), photographié par Tom Giebel, dans l'archipel des Galapagos, 28 avril 2006
context_page_description: The Bahariya Formation is a fossiliferous geologic formation dating back to the early Cenomanian, which outcrops within the Bahariya depression in Egypt, and is known from oil exploration drilling across much of the Western Desert where it forms an important oil reservoir.
caption: Modern Rhinoptera.
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