†Texatrygon hooveri McNulty and Slaughter 1972 (ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Alternative combination: Ptychotrygon hooveri
Synonym: Ptychotrygon rubyae Williamson et al. 1993
Belongs to Texatrygon according to J. K. Juranek and K. Shimada 2025
See also Cappetta and Case 1999 and Maisch et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Texatrygon copei, Texatrygon stouti
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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