Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: G. R. Case. 1978. A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(Lfg. 1-6):176-205

Belongs to Protoplatyrhina according to L. Nelson et al. 2025

See also Beavan and Russell 1999, Becker et al. 2004, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta 1987, Case 1978, Case 1987, Case et al. 2001, Case and Cappetta 1997, Case et al. 2001, Hoganson et al. 2019 and Schubert et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Protoplatyrhina hopii

Type specimen: MTA 22, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (29: Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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