Ptychotrygon blainensis Case 1978 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae

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 Ptychotrygon according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 1999

See also Case 1978

Sister taxa: Ptychotrygon cuspidata, Ptychotrygon eutawensis, Ptychotrygon geyeri, Ptychotrygon greybullensis, Ptychotrygon henkeli, Ptychotrygon ledouxi, Ptychotrygon mcnultyi, Ptychotrygon pustulata, Ptychotrygon slaughteri, Ptychotrygon striata, Ptychotrygon triangularis, Ptychotrygon vermiculata, Ptychotrygon winni

Type specimen: MTA 33, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: Montana, New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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