†Texatrygon Cappetta and Case 1999 (ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111
Parent taxon: Ptychotrygonidae according to H. M. Maisch et al. 2021
See also Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta and Case 1999 and Cicimurri et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Asflapristis, Ptychotrygon, Ptychotrygonoides
Subtaxa: Texatrygon copei Texatrygon hooveri Texatrygon stouti
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (9: Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, Utah collections)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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